Compared to the growth in tablets, PC sales are expected to rise by a modest 8 per cent to 12.11 million in the current fiscal against 11.17 million in 2012-13 fiscal, he added.

"Tablets are cannibalizing the PC market and registering a phenomenal growth of 424 per cent in the second consecutive year," Ramamurthy said.

Tablet sales in 2012-13 stood at 1.9 million units against 0.36 million in 2011-12.

On the growth in tablet sales, research firm IMRB Group Business Director Biswapriya Bhattacharjee said as an increasing number of professionals are working on the field or are travelling, tablets are a preferred devices as they are light and handy.

Tablets are here to stay and in the future more evolved versions will hit the markets, he told PTI.

In 3-5 years time, we see the existence of two devices -- a computation devices and a creation device. People will be using more of the computation devices like Smartphones and tablets, he added.

Bhattacharjee said that the smartphone and tablet space could merge in the future with the existence of a 5-inch screen device, which would be the mainstay.

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