What’s next for tablets? Screen size

380 million tablets are forecast to be shipped globally in 2017

Millions of units

7 inch

7.x-inch models make up 60% of the tablet market

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Tablets represent one of the strongest growth categories in consumer electronics through 2017

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Growth opportunities



Global business tablet shipments Thousands of units

Low-cost models are driving 7-inch tablets

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In the long-term, 7-inch tablets will continue to lead

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Enterprise use of tablets is at less than 10%, but rising

Phablet sales are forecast to top 60 million units in 2013, up 136% from 2012

Education has high growth potential for business tablets

Processor: Enhanced computing power

Tech trends

5-7 inch

Education Retail Healthcare Public service Aviation

Display: Higher pixel density; OLED

Sensor: Context aware; intuitive reactions

Global tablet shipments by OS Android

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Projection z Android will dominate tablets until 2017 z iOS will continue to grow steadily z Windows’ future is uncertain

Present z Android continues to capture share z The Android ecosystem is fragmented z iOS is winning the revenue battle

Shipments by region

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The biggest opportunities

are in emerging markets

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Price is king! The average retail selling price of tablets is falling.

Source the newest tablet PCs from verified China suppliers on GlobalSources.com

z North

America is currently the top tablet market and Southeast Asia are growing fast z China is expected to be the biggest market by 2015 z India

This infographic has been created by Global Sources. Data source: IHS Inc