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Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments to surpass that of notebooks in 2013 James Wang, DIGITIMES Research, Taipei [Monday 19 November 2012]  Digitimes Research expects global tablet shipments to reach 210 million units in 2013, up 38.3% on year and surpass those of notebook for the first time, with branded tablet shipments to account for 140 million units, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst James Wang. In 2013, Google is expected to maintain its momentum from the Nexus series products and become the second largest tablet brand vendor worldwide with shipments of 19 million units. Apple will remain the largest tablet vendor worldwide, but its share in the global branded tablet shipments will drop to only 55.6%, down from more than 60% in 2012, and 37.4% in total tablet shipments (including white-box models). With surging shipment growth for white-box tablets, Android is expected to become the largest platform in the tablet market, surpassing iOS. In 2013, Digitimes Research expects Android-based tablet shipments including white-box and branded models, to reach 121 million units, up 40.2% on year. Digitimes Research also expects global tablet shipments will reach 320 million units in 2015 with branded tablets to account for 220 million units and white-box models to account for 100 million units. Related stories: Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments in 1Q13 down sequentially, up on year (May 9) Tablet gamers to spend over US$3 billion on In-App purchases in 2016, finds Juniper Research (Feb 22) Digitimes Research: Global tablet shipments to suffer 20% drop in 1Q13 (Feb 8) Digitimes Research: Branded tablet shipments hit 109 million in 2012 (Feb 1) Worldwide tablet shipments to reach 145 million in 2013, says ABI (Jan 24) US consumers likely to swap traditional technology with tablets and new media in 2013, says Belkin (Jan 17) Tablet shipments expected to surpass notebooks in 2013, says DisplaySearch (Jan 15) Digitimes Research: Taiwan 4Q12 notebook ODM shipments up on quarter, down on year (Jan 15) Lenovo, HP January 2013 notebook shipments expected to be higher than Acer, Asustek (Dec 26) Competitive tablet segment alters 2013 supply chain strategies, says DisplaySearch (Dec 22) Digitimes Research: White-box tablet shipments to surpass 50 million units in 2012 (Nov 13) Digitimes Research: Windows 8 expected to have minimal impact on touch screen notebooks in 2013 (Nov 13) Digitimes Research: Global tablet market to enjoy strong shipment growth in 4Q12 (Nov 8) Digitimes Research: Google will become more influential in tablet market (Nov 2) Digitimes Research: Surface tablet to mainly devour notebook demand in the short term (Oct 30) Launch of Amazon tablets marks rebound in large-sized tablets, says Digitimes Research (Sep 7) Digitimes Research: Global tablet PC shipments to reach 89 million units in 2012 (Jul 31) Top |
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