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Apple ties with Xuawei for first place in Mainland China’s tablet market

However, iPad sales were down 14% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2024

Damage from a fire at Tata Group's iPhone component plant in southern India could hamper production ahead of a festive season sales surge and may force Apple’s suppliers to arrange critical parts from China.

According to the latest Canalys estimates, Mainland China’s tablet sales surged by 20% to reach 7.8 million unit in the second quarter of 2024. However, it wasn’t good news for the iPad in the country.

Canalys forecasts the tablet market will grow by 9% overall in 2024, so the Apple tablet’s fortunes could improve. However, in the second quarter of 2024, Apple sold 2 million iPads compared to 2.3 million in the second quarter of 2023 for an annual decline of 14% year-over-year.

Still, the iPad still tied with Huawei for second place in Mainland China’s tablet market in the second quarter of 2024. Both have 26% market share.

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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.