Preference For Large Smartphones Eating Into Tablet Sales
New Delhi : As increasing number of consumers are opting for smartphones with large screens, research firm IDC has revised its global tablet shipments downwards by over 6 million units to 221.3 million this year.
Earlier, it had projected worldwide tablet shipments to touch 227.4 million units in 2013 from about 143.7 million units last year.
“Worldwide tablet shipments are expected to reach 221.3 million units in 2013, down slightly from a previous forecast of 227.4 million but still 53.5 per cent above 2012 levels,” IDC said in a statement.
Shipment growth is forecast to slow to 22.2 per cent year over year in 2014 to a total of 270.5 million units, it added.
“In some markets consumers are already making the choice to buy a large smartphone rather than buying a small tablet, and as a result we’ve lowered our long-term forecast,” IDC Tablet Research Director Tom Mainelli said.
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