Tablet shipments in India were at just less than a million units at 980,000 in Q2 2016, according to IDC data. This number includes slates and tablets detachable from the laptop, up 14.4% in Q2 over Q1, but 5.6% less when compared to Q2 in calendar year 2015. Top 5 tablets by vendor share: - Datawind remained at the top with a 27.5% market share in the quarter, registering a 14.1% growth over Q1 2016. IDC says that the company may expand its channel and manufacturing capacity to deal with the ‘sharp trajectory it has been seeing in the past year.’ - Samsung also remained at the second position with 14.7% vendor share in the quarter, with a marginal growth in shipments from Q1 2015, but registering an 11% growth over Q1 2016 due to the commercial segment. - iBall was back to the third position after it declined successively in the last 2 quarters. Vendor shipments fell 9.4% in Q2 2016 as compared to the same quarter last year. The company began manufacturing tablets locally towards the end of this quarter. - Lenovo had a 11.2% market share in Q2 2016, where shipments declined 6.2% from Q1 2016. In Q2 2016, shipments grew 60.8% over the same quarter in 2015 since the vendor focus shifted from consumer to commercial segment. - Micromax got a 10.9% vendor share in Q2 2016 due to an uptake in the commercial segment. Other highlights from the report: - The tablet market declined due…
