When Apple released its Q3 report for FY2015, it revealed that its iPad sales continue to fall. This was the first quarter when the iPad’s revenue was lower than Mac sales. The past quarter reported that the revenue was lower than a couple hundred million dollars, but this quarter shows that the difference is nearly $1.5 billion.
This is quite a substantial drop in revenue, but still, the iPad in terms of units sold is still higher than Mac sales.
The meaning of this, is that Apple is currently making more revenue per Mac sold, compared to the revenue per iPad sold. Simple maths shows us that after selling 4.7 million units of Mac devices, the tech giant resulted in a revenue of $6 billion. While on the other hand, after selling 10.9 million units, it made $4.5 billion in revenue.
This begs the question -- should Apple stop making the iPad?
Definitely not. This isn’t a great reason to stop making the iPad. Plus, the more revenue Apple has, the better it will be, and it goes without saying that the company has to be diverse and corner the market as much as it can.
Furthermore, if you do some research, you will notice that Apple is still dominating the tablet market. Not even a single manufacturer is close to the sales it is making with the iPad.
So, to answer your question about whether the tablet, or the iPad is dying -- it’s not. The iPad is still outselling the rest of the industry.
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