Demand for traditional tablet computers decreases, and individual producers have to take care not about making a profit, and the preservation of self-support of this activity. Smaller Chinese manufacturers all left the market after Intel turned the program of subsidizing their own processors.
According to DigiTimes website, now the Chinese manufacturers focus on production of devices such as 2-in-1, combining the features of a tablet and a laptop.
Industry sources believe that in the first half of the year will be weak demand for laptops, although some recovery is expected in the segment of the gaming models and hybrid devices.