IDC specialists decided to lower forecast for the number of tablets units sold in the current year , marginally from 229.3 million to 227.4 million. Anyway, this year will be sold 57.7% more tablets than in 2012. Although sales growth will slow in the coming years, by 2017, the capacity of the tablet market could reach 407 million units.
Besides the natural saturation, which will increasingly manifest itself in the developed markets, intervened big smartphones and wearable computers such as smart watches. For tablets safety valve in this sense will be the growth markets of Asia (except Japan), Africa, Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America. Gradually, the proportion sold in these countries will increase from the current 39.2% to 51%. Accordingly, the share of Western Europe, the U.S. and Japan in consumption of tablets in 2017 will drop to 49%. Related Products :
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