article_snippet.sent: But amid falling sales and a new generation of alternative devices, some industry experts have predicted that the  iPad’s days are numbered.
article_snippet.sent: According to CNN Money, sales for the iPad dropped 18 per cent in the final quarter of 2014 alone.
article_snippet.sent: And this year, it’s predicted that sales will fall by five per cent from last year - admittedly still at 60.1 million units - but the lowest level since 2012.
article_snippet.sent: But sales are starting to decline as smartphones are getting bigger and rivals are getting better.
article_snippet.sent: ‘iPad numbers were always going to fall at some point because iPad numbers had a huge market share to begin with - 75 per cent after the first year of iPad - and that was always unlikely to be sustainable once the competition got involved.
article_snippet.sent: Sales won’t fall off that dramatically for the iPad to be discontinued.
highlights_snippet.sent: Sales for the iPad dropped 18 per cent in the final quarter of 2014 .