The analyst team at Gartner has altered its predictions from earlier this year, and now expects tablet sales to increase even more while PC sales decline even further.
The group reports that worldwide tablet shipments are expected to rise a staggering 53.4 percent this year, up from the previous 42.7 percent Gartner had predicted. Meanwhile, traditional PC’s will continue to be on a drop, with approximately an 11.2 percent decrease over previous sales in 2012, which is a greater decline than Gartner’s earlier 7.3 percent predicted decline.
Gartner sees the smaller tablets selling better, with the lower price point of Android tablets contributing to the growth in market share for Android. ”Continuing on the trend we saw last year, we expect this holiday season to be all about smaller tablets as even the long-term holiday favourite — the smartphone — loses its appeal,” said Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner.
Source: TechCrunch
