Tablet PC: Cumulative shipments of 3.6 million units this year
According to market research firm IDC's latest data, the Tablet PC market in Central and Eastern Europe continued to rise in 2013 compared with the second quarter last year, an increase of 175 purchase tablet from china.6% . 2013 Tablet PC shipments reached a total of 3.6 million units, the Central and Eastern European market has become the world's fastest growing regions.
IDC, the market continued to expand more and more cheap Android devices to promote and influence. Android devices accounted for Central and Eastern Europe in 2013 84% of the tablet market , the cumulative shipments of more than 300 million units. iOS system equipment compared to last year fell 9.2 %, while the Windows and Windows RT device shipments up sharply increased , although this is largely due to a Windows device a quarter of the market share of less than 3% , making it contrast to the smaller base .
IDC project manager Nikolina Jurisic that prices affect the CEE decisive factor in the tablet market , a wide variety of cheap Tablet PC, Android devices , especially to promote the Tablet PC in the low sales of consumer groups . With the low-end market competition, as well as second-tier manufacturers to enter the market , forcing international suppliers to further reduce prices , this trend will continue. IDC predict! s that by the end of 2013 , total shipments of tablet PC market is expected to reach 15 million units, compared with 2012 increased by 105% . CEE tablet PC market is expected to be 28.6% in the next five years in order to continue to grow at a CAGR to 2017 , shipments will reach 25.6 million units.
Tablet PC more and more into the consumer's IT budget, personal computers and tablet PCs in the market is undergoing a great change . Jurisic said that the tablet PC shipments by virtue of its low price , convenience , ease of use and the growing popularity of social media applications the advantages of sustained growth . Therefore, the expected number of tablet PCs in the last quarter of 2013 than portable computers.