Samsung Outpaced Apple In Connected Device Market

Market intelligence firm IDC published a report on what it describes as the Smart Connected Device Market. The graphic created by the company shows the market share decrease for both laptops (from 29% in 2010 to 17% in 2012) and desktop PCs (from 23% to 12%), while smartphones grew from 45% to 60% and tablets from 3% to 11%. Overall, the PCs’ market share fall from about 50% to 30% in just two years.

The numbers do not necessarily indicate preference for particular devices, as some may buy a lower-priced device for financial reasons.

Apple increased its share across the four markets from 16.3% in 2011 to 18.2% a year later, but moved into second place as it was outrun by Samsung whose share increased from 12.3% to 20.8%.