Small Tablets to Become the New Standard / Tablets to Outship PCs in 2015
by Felix Richter, Statista.com
A little more than three years have passed since the first iPad went on sale in April
2010.
Back then, not even the keenest optimists could have predicted the impact of what was then mocked as an oversized iPod Touch.
Tablets have changed the way we interact with media, the way we shop and, in many cases, replaced the PC as our primary computing device.
As tablets and smartphones have become powerful enough to handle virtually any computing task thrown at them, the workplace is probably the last stronghold of the traditional PC.
PC shipments have recently declined significantly and according to IDC’s latest forecast the industry will stagnate for years to come. In 2015, tablets are expected to outship PCs for the first time as our chart nicely illustrates.
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Within the tablet market, we are experiencing an ongoing shift towards lower cost, smaller tablets, such as Apple’s iPad mini or Google’s $200 tablet Nexus 7.
In 2013, 8-inch and smaller tablets are expected to account for the majority of global shipments for the first time, as consumers apparently prefer portability and price over larger screens and processing power.
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