Apple Facing Slowing Tablet Growth as U.S. Market Gets Saturated
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Tablet shipments from Apple Inc. and other computer makers grew at a slowing rate in the fourth quarter, hurt by an increasingly saturated market in the U.S., according to research firm IDC.
Global shipments climbed 28 percent from a year earlier to 76.9 million units, the Framingham, Massachusetts-based firm said today in a report. That compares with a 87 percent year-over-year growth rate in the fourth quarter of 2012.