Reduced prices and improved display leads to an increase in the supply of tablets. According to forecasts, in 2014 will be shipped 315 million tablets, which is 65% of the market of mobile computers, and in 2017 already figure will reach 455 million units, or 75% of the market. Average price of tablets in 2017 will drop to $ 296 from the current $ 311. Against this background, the sale of such devices will grow in developing countries .
After weak sales during periods of surge in buying activity attributable to the beginning of the school year and the Christmas sales season, many laptop manufacturers in 2014 decided to cut supplies of mobile computers. Thus, this year will be realized by about 7% less than laptops than the previous.
The bulk of laptops will be sold in developing regions. Experts estimate that in 2014 there will be 274 million devices sold, constituting 57% of the market, and in 2017 the proportion will rise to 62% or 385 million computers. And 70% of the computers will be tablets.