The global sales of tablets to the end users increased 68 percent in 2013, reaching 195.4 million units, according to Gartner, Inc.
However, despite an increase of iOS tablets in the fourth quarter 2013, iOS’s share declined to 36 percent in the year.
For the first time, Android leapfrogged ioS to became the No. 1 tablet OS with a market share of 61.9 percent in 2013, up from 45.8 in 2012.
iOS’s market share declined to 36.0 in 2013 from 52.8 in the previous year.
