The iPad sales are down for the first time

For the first time, iPad sales were down in the second quarter of 2013.

Apple today announced that iPad sold 14.6 million worldwide in the second quarter of 2013, a figure down 14% compared to the same period in 2012. This is the first time that this indicator appears on the decline since the launch of the iPad in 2010.

I must say that the star of the tablets is facing opposition increasingly enhanced Android tablets. Thus Gartner predicts that these could represent up to 42% of sales in 2014, against only 22% in 2012, to the detriment of the iPad.

Apple may in any case be welcomed its iPhone sales, with 31.2 million smartphones passed (20%), a record for this time of year. Mac sales are for their down 5%, with 3.8 million computers sold in three months. It sold 14.6 million iPad in Q2 2013.