Apple's iPad has been suffering a sales decline that has encompassed numerous quarters, although CEO Tim Cook says he is not worried. Cupertino claims that it knew iPad sales would fall as consumers to not recycle tablets like they do smartphones. That seems to be the case across the entire market as it was revealed that slate sales in the United States continued to fall last quarter.
Overall tablet sales in the U.S. market, like the iPad, have been on the decline for around two years, although it is quite interesting that cellular tablet sales increased during the first quarter of this year. Tablet sales fell by as much as 7% in the United States during the first quarter of 2015 from 13.8 million last year to 13.4 million in 2015 according to Strategy Analytics. IDC however says the number is 8.9 million units, down from 9.6 million during Q1 of 2014.
While the two firms disagree on the units sold, both reveal that sales are on the wane. As for cellular connected devices, they enjoyed growth from 2.2 million last year to 3.2 million this year, and increase of 45%, while the four major carriers in the U.S. (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile) all showed increased revenue from postpaid tablets in their Q1 financials.
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