Demand for non-Apple (AAPL) Tablets Could be Weak Through Q215 (MSFT)

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) should see solid sales of its next-generation iPad, while other tablet manufacturers might fall into a sales slump in the current quarter.

Digitimes, citing supply chain makers, said global tablet demand being weak into Q215, when Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) launches Windows 10. Pressure on the segment is also coming from Apple's introduction of larger smartphones in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

The launch of the iPhone 6/6+ has also ebbed demand for smartphones from the likes of Samsung Electronics, Sony (NYSE: SNE), and High-Tech Computer's (HTC), among others.

Apple is positive in early trading Wednesday.

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