The worldwide tablet market has been declining year after year for what feels like… forever. In fact, it’s been spiraling downward for 15 straight quarters, and the second quarter of 2018 didn’t show any improvement to that trend. Unlike many other tablet makers, however, Apple and Huawei have been able to hold out some growth, albeit minimal, according to IDC’s latest industry report.

The amount of tablets shipped worldwide was 33 million this past quarter, decreasing by 5 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In previous years, tablet sales had been declining by single digit numbers, but this year that’s been bumped up to the double-digits. According to IDC, the global tablet market declined 13.5 percent this quarter.

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