Emir BardakçıChina’s tablet market amounted to 8.49 million shipments, registering 10.9% growth over last year, revealed in IDC Quarterly Tablet PC Market Report (Q3 2025). Despite slower growth due to lower subsidies, emerging gadgets and innovative designs boosted consumers’ interest in these devices. Amidst this stiff competition, Xiaomi managed to grab the third position with regards to tablet market in China, fueled by HyperOSand Xiaomi HyperConnect.
Consumer Segment Leads Growth While Commercial Demand Declines
IDC pointed out that the consumer market saw a growth of 12.3% in tablet shipments year over year, thanks to launches such as Xiaomi Pad 7 and flagship models such as Huawei. Contrary to this, the commercial market declined by 4.2% compared to last year. All these illustrate that there is a shift in this market towards personal and entertainment-oriented tablets with features such as AI-optimized performance, high refresh rate screens, and smart ecosystem integration.
Huawei, Apple, and Xiaomi Top China Tablet Lists
According to the IDC report, these are the top five vendors in Q3 2025 for the China tablet market:
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Huawei – 32.1% market share (down 4.6% YoY)
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Apple – 24.2% market share (down 2.1% YoY)
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Xiaomi – 10.7% market share (down 0.6% YoY)
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Lenovo – 10.5% market share (up 3.6% YoY)
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Honor – 8.1% market share (up 0.8% YoY)
Although Huawei extends its leadership for the eighth successive quarter, the regular appearance of Xiaomi in top three positions embodies the success story of this particular brand for providing consumers with competitively priced devices with comprehensive features. Not only this, but the series of devices such as Xiaomi Pad 8, which is increasing with every day passing by, signifies that consumers have accepted its smart devices ecosystem.
Xiaomi’s Continued Push in the Smart Ecosystem
Notably, Xiaomi’s recent success in the tablet market can be related to their overall plan for all smart devices to work in unity via HyperOS and Xiaomi HyperConnect. Talking about this useful operating system for all smart devices in particular, for consumers who would like to improve their overall Xiaomi experience, there is a MemeOS Enhancer app on Google Play.
— **Source: [IDC China Report via ITHome
