Kuo: shipments of Apple iPad mini 2 with Retina display to grow 102% in Q4

"We think current tablet products can, generally, sufficiently meet entertainment needs. As they are very cheap already, lowering prices won't effectively stimulate demand. Only new applications, which will bring about new growth momentum, will be able to solve the structural problems the sector faces."-Ming-Chi Kuo, analyst, KGI Securities
With the boost to iPad mini with Retina display shipments, Kuo sees overall iPad shipments rising to 23.1 million units during the holiday quarter for a 64% sequential gain in shipments. But the analyst sees iPad shipments hitting the breaks in the opening three months of 2014 with shipments falling 42% quarter-to-quarter in the first quarter, bringing the total down to 13.3 million. The expected decline in Q1 will most likely come from a huge drop off in demand after the holiday season, and a drop off specifically in shipments of the Apple iPad Air to 6 million from 10.5 million during the prior quarter. Kuo says that the reduced shipments for the iPad Air in the first quarter will be due to cannibalization from the iPad mini with Retina display along with changes in the tablet sector.
Kuo sees the two non Retina display slates on Apple's roster, the Apple iPad mini and the Apple iPad 2, reporting month-over-month declines of 72% and 82% respectively in Q1 shipments to 2.4 million and .3 million unit respectively. As a result, the analyst expects that Apple will EOL the aging iPad 2 in the first quarter of 2014.

The Apple iPad mini with Retina display will have a great Q4 according to KGI analyst Kuo
source: AppleInsider