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Rick Martin · · 1 min read

Apple’s iPad Holds Nearly Three Quarters of China’s Tablet Market [Report]

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According to new figures from Chinese research firm Analysys International, Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad is doing very, very well in China’s tablet space. For the second quarter of 2012, iPads accounted for 72.6 percent of the entire tablet market, which is up 20 percent on the previous quarter (see interactive chart below).

The folks over at iDownload Blog point out that Apple’s global share of the tablet space was about 68.2 percent for Q2, citing recent numbers from IDC.

Analysys notes, of course, that Apple’s third generation (aka ‘new’) iPad went on sale in China in the second quarter, so sales leading up to that would have been slower.

Interestingly, Chinese manufacturer Lenovo (HKG:0992) snagged the second spot behind Apple, accounting for 8.38 percent of the tablet market. It was followed by eBen eRen (who I confess, I’ve never heard of) at 3.63 percent, and then Samsung with a surprisingly low share at 3.59 percent.

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Rick Martin

Rick Martin lives in Tokyo where he writes about technology in Japan, China, and around Asia. After writing full-time for TechInAsia from 2011 to January 2013, he moved on to pastures new at The Bridge. He can be reached via his website, 1Rick.com