Windows tablets for business hit 10% share in second quarter

Microsoft has recently shown improvement in Windows smartphones and tablets shipments for use in businesses.

Microsoft and its Windows devices globally accounted for 6% of business smartphones and 10% of tablets in the second quarter of 2015, breaking the double-digit mark for business tablets for the first time, according to Strategy Analytics. Overall, the market research firm said business smartphone shipments were 89.3 million in the second quarter, while shipments of business tablets were 19.6 million.

All Windows tablets for business grew by 42% from the first to second quarter of 2015, reaching nearly 2 million globally, largely due to the impact of Windows Surface Pro 3, said Phil Hochmuth, an analyst at Strategy Analytics.

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