IDC says tablet shipments continue to drop but hybrids are helping

IDC says tablet shipments continue to drop but hybrids are helping:

The tablet market is in rough shape, that much is impossible to ignore at this point. As smartphones engulfed what had been considered the "phablet" range of sizes, smaller tablets disappeared and larger tablets began merging with laptops. Consumers still seem to be unsure what the value of a standalone tablet may be, but hybrids are finding users according to IDC.

The latest quarterly report from IDC showed that 46.7 million tablets were sold in Q1 of 2016, which marks a 10 percent year-on-year drop and a 33 percent decline compared to the Q4 holiday sales for 2015. Interestingly, ...