Tablets are not selling as well as before - Q4 of 2017 saw 7.9% less tablets shipped compared to Q4 of 2016 while 2017 as a whole saw a decline of 6.5% over 2016. And yet despite this turmoil Apple, Amazon and Huawei managed to see growth in slate shipments - both in the final quarter and in 2017 in general. Apple shipped the most tablets in Q4 of 2017 and 0.6% more than the previous year while Amazon achieved a huge 50.3% jump over last year's Holiday quarter thanks to some aggressive discounts. Samsung dropped to third in Q4 of 2017 and saw a 13% decline of tablet shipments...
Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_ships_the_most_tablets_in_the_holiday_season_samsung_drops_to_third-news-29489.php
