Over the past two years, Chinese manufacturer Huawei has fought several bans from the United States. The US government continues to tighten the ban on Huawei in an attempt to block the company. However, it appears that the US ban does not significantly affect Huawei. The ban only affects his smartphone activity and that’s it. Huawei is a multinational corporation with a plethora of businesses. While its smartphone business is clearly one of the most lucrative, its tablet PC business is not doing badly.
According to a recent report from IDC, Huawei’s tablet PC business continues to grow. Overall, the performance of major tablet PC manufacturers in the first quarter of 2021 is remarkable. Total shipping reached 39.9 million units, an increase of 55.2%. This is the first time that the tablet PC market has experienced such significant growth. Since rising 56.9% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2013, this scale of growth has never happened.
Apple is the leader in the tablet PC market
However, Apple’s iPad still dominates the tablet PC market. Apple shipped 12.7 million units this quarter. This is a 64.3% year-over-year increase from its 7.7 million units shipped in the same period last year. This gives Apple a 31.7% market share, a slight increase from 30% last year. Apple has always controlled the tablet PC market.
After Apple, Samsung, Lenovo, Amazon and Huawei (excluding Honor) follow. Samsung’s tablet shipments increased 60.8% this quarter and successfully captured 20% of the market. Likewise, Lenovo, Amazon, and Huawei have all grown. However, Huawei’s growth rate is only 1.7%, which is considered “too low”. Nonetheless, considering his recent woes in the United States, his position in the top 5 is just enough. Due to its low overall growth (Huawei), the company’s market share is also very low.
Even with the addition of Honor’s performance, there is no significant improvement in Huawei’s performance. In addition, IDC also announced the latest Chromebook data. The top 5 in the market hasn’t changed, and it’s still HP, Lenovo, Acer, Dell and Samsung.
Huawei CEO Yu Chengdong said, “In less than two years, the United States has imposed four rounds of sanctions on Huawei. The company is in an extreme dilemma… The high-end products are mainly given to Apple ”.
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