In the past, Microsoft has delivered six million tablets Surface.
According to sources from the supply chain, in the fourth quarter shipments of tablets Surface family reached 2.5 million copies, and by the end of the year deliveries were 6 million units, up 50% more than expected. Recall, market observers expected that annual sales of Surface will be about 4 million copies. While demand for notebooks in 2016, according to analysts' expectations, remain weak, the Surface tablet shipments could grow by another 30% to 8 million units.
By the way, Microsoft recently announced that its revenues from the sale of Surface tablets in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, which ended December 31, 2016, increased by 29%. This, according to sources of supply growth contributed 4 Surface Pro and Surface Book.
It is noted that sales growth Surface spurred HP, Dell and Lenovo follow the example of Microsoft. So, Lenovo at CES 2016 introduced a format device 2-in-1 HP Elite x2, which is equipped with 12-inch touch screen with glass Corning Gorilla Glass 4 and Intel Core M vPro processor.
In addition, sources said that Microsoft in conjunction with its suppliers started to develop new models of tablets Surface. They will appear on the market in the second half of 2016.