There will be 221.4 million tablets shipped globally in 2015, slipping by 11.9% on year, according to a Digitimes Research Special Report.

Leading the market will be Apple, with iPad shipments of 54.2 million units, representing a decrease on year by 16.6%, the report, titled 2015 global tablet demand forecast notes. Other leading international vendors will combine to ship 90.7 million units, growing by 0.1%. The white-box market will show the biggest decrease, with shipments falling 20.0% to 76.5 million, Digitimes Research indicated.

Apple will account for 24.5% of total shipments, Samsung Electronics for 16.3%, China-based Lenovo for 5.3%, Taiwan-based Asustek Computer for 4.2%, Google for 1.7%, Taiwan-based Acer for 1.7% and Amazon for 1.6%.