Microsoft in the fourth quarter, increases the supply of its hybrid tablet Surface Pro to 500 000 units per month. Initially, in the pre-season, it was planned to deliver 300,000 units monthly. The increase in supply has a positive impact on the manufacturers of hybrid Tablet Surface Pro 4, Pegatron Technology company.
According to research firm Gartner, in the first half of this year, Microsoft sold 1.5 million Tablet Surface Pro, which is significantly different from the volume of deliveries over the same period in 2014. It is expected that total sales of Surface tablets this year will reach 4-5 million. Units.
Currently, delivery of Microsoft Surface is only about 1% of the supply of all the computers on Wintel platform , since their average cost is quite high. At the same time, due to the overall reduction of computer market, other manufacturers seek to expand its line of high-end computers to increase profits. However, this class is rather difficult to achieve growth because of strong competition from Microsoft and Apple.
Also, computer manufacturers soon will feel the competition from Xiaomi and Huawei, which next year plans to present the budget laptops and middle price ranges.