Experts believe that by the end of this year will be sold 122.3 million tablets, although early forecasts speak only of 117.1 million tablets. Forecast for 2013 was increased from 165.9 to 172.4 million tablets in 2016 - from 261.4 to 282.7 million tablets.
The share of Android-tablet this year will increase from 39.8% to 42.7%. Apple's share of the tablet market during this period should be reduced from 56.3% to 53.8%. Windows-tablets in the past year, takes no more than 1% of the market, but their share could rise to 2.9%. In general, tablets running Windows in the coming years will be to demonstrate the highest rate of market expansion - by 69.2% per year. This will allow them to take in 2016 10.3% of the market.
In 2016, Android will hold 39.7% of the market, Apple tablet will be content with almost half of the segment - 49.7%. Sales volume will grow by 20.9% per year, while Android-tablets will capture the market at slightly higher rates - 21% per year. The share of other operating systems by 2016 on the tablet market will be reduced from 0.6% to 0.3%. Sales volume will grow by 7.7% per year. In general, the tablet market in the period from 2012 to 2016 will increase by an average of 23.3% per year.