Tablet market grows over 2 times to 1.84 mn, Samsung leads with 48.7% share

Indian tablet PC market, including detachable and slates, more than doubled year-on-year to 1.84 million units in the second quarter of 2024, market research firm International Data Corporation said in a report.

Samsung led the market with 48.7 per cent market share. It was followed by Acer with a 23.6 per cent share, Apple with 9.5 per cent, Lenovo with 6.9 per cent and Xiaomi with 4.7 per cent.

"The Indian tablet market (inclusive of detachable and slates) shipped 1.84 million units in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, up 128.8 per cent year-over-year. Along with the fulfilment of the Uttar Pradesh education manifesto deal in the Q2 of 2024, abnormally low shipments in the commercial segment in 2Q of 2023 also pertained to a high y-o-y growth rate of the India Tablet Market in Q2 of 2024," the report said.

According to the report 808 thousand units were shipped during the same period a year ago.

The slate tablet market grew by 178.1 per cent year-on-year, while the detachable tabl