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Solid growth in 2021 for year over year in 4Q21, but managed to
tablets and Chromebooks — IDC grow 13.5% for the full year.
2021 was “a great year for tablets”
NEEDHAM, Mass. — Worldwide tablet “Though 2021 was a great year for the
shipments reached 46 million units
during the fourth quarter of 2021 tablet market, shipments have begun to
(4Q21), posting a decline for the sec- decelerate as the market has moved past
ond time since the pandemic began in peak demand across many geographies,”
2020. said Anuroopa Nataraj, senior research
analyst with IDC’s Mobility and Consumer
Q4 slowdown Device Trackers.
Shipments declined 11.9% Y/Y in 4Q21 as
demand slowed, according to preliminary “However, shipments in the near future
data from the International Data Corpora- will remain above pre-pandemic levels as
virtual learning, remote work, and media
tion (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal
Computing Device Tracker. consumption remain priorities for users.”
For the full year 2021, total tablet ship- “Much of the initial demand for Chrome-
ments were up 3.2% year over year and books has been satiated in primary mar-
kets like the U.S. and Europe and this has
reached 168.8 million units, the market’s
highest level since 2016. Meanwhile, led to a slowdown in overall shipments,
IDC said. idc.com
Chromebook shipments declined 63.6%
