According to some data , every tenth laptops is equipped with a touch screen. In the segment of small laptops, this trend can be seen most clearly , among regional markets activity demonstrates Asia, where 15-20% of the new notebooks are equipped with a touch screen. Asus and Acer are planning to increase the share of models with the touch interface to 30-35% by the end of this year, and to cross the 50 percent threshold in the next year.
However, IHS iSuppli take a more moderate forecast. They believe that by 2016 only 25% of all laptops will have a touchscreen display. Last year, only 4.6 million laptops have got a touch interface, this year, this number will increase to 24 million units. Finally, in 2016, will be sold 78 million laptops with touch screen.
The decisive factor that stimulates the growth of laptops sales with touch interface this year, is to reduce the cost of the touch panel 14 "to $ 35 from the previous $ 60-70.