Windows tablets gaining global market

Windows based tablets are gaining more acceptability among tablet users across the global technology market.

Preliminary data released by Strategic Analytics about the global tablet market shows that Windows-based tablet reached an all-time high in the second quarter of 2015, capturing 9 per cent of tablet market share, up 4 points from the same period in 2014.

The report titled “Global Tablet OS Market Share: Q2 2015” shows that the total tablet shipments reached 50.8 million units in the second quarter of 2015, down 3 percent from 52.4 million in the same period in 2014.

Eric Smith, Tablet & Touchscreen Strategies Senior Analyst says that “Windows share continues to improve as more models become available from traditional PC vendors, White Label vendors, and Microsoft itself though a healthy Surface lineup and distribution expansion. The key going forward will be if the coming wave of 2-in-1 Detachable Tablets is a hit with consumers or if they go the way of the Netbook—we remain cautiously optimistic on this point.”