Remember when tablets were the hottest pieces of tech? Those days are long gone.
Tablet shipments declined by 3.4 percent over a year ago in the second quarter, with the lone bright spot a focus on tablets that didn’t completely destroy your wallet, according to IDC.
As a result, Apple was a big winner in the period, thanks largely to the March introduction of a newly refreshed 9.7-inch iPad, which also got a $70 cut in price in the US.