Unlike smartphones or smartwatches, it’s no big secret that tablets had a lot to gain in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, with global sales thriving all of a sudden after years and years of constant decline as many people were forced to take their work home and find affordable computing solutions.
Unsurprisingly, Apple and Samsung retained their gold and silver medals respectively, but while the heavyweight champion’s shipment figures pretty much stayed perfectly still, the first runner-up lost more than one percent in share and a whopping 20.2 percent in sales.
Meanwhile, in case you’re wondering, tablets and Chromebooks definitely made a crucial contribution to a tiny 1.9 percent decline in overall PC shipments, which is obviously good news for traditional notebooks and desktops.
