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Who will be the king of 2011 market? Tablet or PC
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 13 November 2010, 01:16 IST |
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Bangalore: It is true that smartphones are gaining the market ground at a faster pace. The New statistics from Gartner hinted that media tablets - think Apple's iPad may test sales of mobile devices in 2011 as 54.8 million units are shipped. Since tablets emerge as one of the hottest products in technology, the debate is getting hotter on whether personal computer sales will get affected by this rapid growth.
As per the IDC reports the PC sales register 34 percent annual growth. Desktop PC sales accounted for nearly two-thirds of total PC sales at 15.6 lakh units, representing a 24 percent increase year-on-year. Sales of notebook computers grew at 61 percent year-on-year, recording 8.05 lakh shipments.
By 2011 Apple alone is planning 35 million to 40 million tablets. Therefore experts believe that by 2011 the tablet market will be around 55 Million. The tablet trend could get magnified as the market grows and the platform is embraced by businesses, schools and government. Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled 417 million units in the third quarter of 2010, a 35 percent increase from the third quarter of 2009.
Whereas, the PC shipment across Europe, the Middle East and Africa has already come down but there are different precautions that are taken by the PC makers to remain in the front raw of the battle.