Worldwide tablet sales decline as smartphones stay flat

摘要

The second quarter was sluggish for worldwide shipments of new mobile devices. Globally, 38.7 million tablets shipped in the second quarter of 2016, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). That is down 12.3 percent year-over-year as consumers hold on to their old tablets just a little bit longer, a move that also keeps the devices out of the recycling chain.