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Based on Digitimes Research's statistics, tablet shipments worldwide totaled 45.96 million units in the fourth quarter of 2017. The better-than-expected performance was driven by strong consumer spending in the high season, which benefited tablet brands and white-box vendors with sequential shipment growth.Table of contents
Key factors affecting tablet shipments in 4Q17-1Q18: Supply side
Table 1: Key factors affecting tablet shipments, 4Q17-1Q18 (Supply)
Table 2: Key factors affecting tablet shipments, 4Q17-1Q18 (Supply)
Key factors affecting tablet shipments in 4Q17-1Q18: Demand side
Table 3: Key factors affecting tablet shipments, 4Q17-1Q18 (Demand)
Shipments by product: iPad, non-Apple branded and white-box devices
Chart 2: Shipments by product - iPad, non-iPad branded and white-box, 4Q16-1Q18 (m units)
Chart 3: Shipment share by product - iPad, non-iPad branded and white-box, 4Q16-1Q18
Chart 8: Shipments by touchscreen technology, 4Q16-1Q18 (m units)
Chart 9: Shipment share by touchscreen technology, 4Q16-1Q18
Chart 14: Shipments of detachable notebooks by OS, 4Q16-1Q18 (k units)
Chart 15: Shipment share of detachable notebooks by OS, 4Q16-1Q18
Chart 16: Shipments from Taiwan makers and share of global shipments, 4Q16-1Q18 (m units)
Chart 17: Taiwan tablet shipments by maker, 4Q16-1Q18 (m units)