Tablet sales are expected to reach 424.9 million by 2017 and will surpass shipments of notebook PCs by 2016, suggests a new report.
“According to NPD DisplaySearch Senior Analyst Richard Shim, a growing diversity of operating systems is driving the increase in demand for tablets, as well as rapidly evolving features,” TG Daily reports.
Shim says, “as the market matures and competitors become better attuned to consumer preferences and find opportunities to break new ground, we expect the landscape to change dramatically, giving consumers more choices, which will drive demand for more devices.”
The iOS platform is expected to drop off in dominance by 2017 but will still hold half of the market — the rest to be taken up by increasing Android adoption and Windows growth.
Already, estimates for 2013 have jumped from 168.9 million to 184.2 million.
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