Apple’s tablet market share plummets in Q1 as Android gains

[Wireless News]

Apple posted its March-quarter earnings on Tuesday afternoon, which means the flood gates are open for market research firms looking to detail the global smartphone and tablet markets in Q1 2013. Strategy Analytics was among the first to start pushing out numbers and tablets took center stage in a report released late on Tuesday. While Apple managed a great quarter where iPad sales are concerned, it wasn’t enough to stave off the growing army of low-cost Android slates and Apple saw big losses this past quarter in terms of global market share. Apple announced on Tuesday that it sold.19.5 million iPads in the March quarter, which was good for 48.2% of the global tablet market. That figure is impressive for

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