“Unlike other analysts, which focus only on notebook and desktop PC sales, Canalys combined sales of all iPads (iPad 2, iPad 4 and iPad Mini) and all Macs (iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac Mini and Mac Pro) into one category,” Louis Bedigian writes for Benzinga.
“This amounted to total sales of 18.6 million units, giving Apple 17.1 percent of the market,” Bedigian writes. “Apple sold more units during the year-ago period, when it achieved sales of 21 million units and commanded more than 19 percent of the market. But its Q2 2013 sales still proved to be more than Lenovo, which sold 13.1 million units.”
Bedigian writes, “Hewlett-Packard came in third with nearly 13 million units sold. Samsung rose to fourth place with sales of 10.8 million units (versus just 5.2 million during Q2 2012).”
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