Seeing the 7-inch tablet market suffering from fierce price competition, several vendors are turning to focus on 8-inch and above segments to avoid profit drops
Digitimes Research: Google shifts focus to large-size tablet competition
Tuesday 18 March 2014Digitimes Research has learned that Google is set to release at least two Nexus tablets in 2014 with an 8.9-inch model already under development and set to enter mass production in...
Digitimes Research: 12-inch tablets facing development hurdles
Friday 14 March 2014Brand vendors have started showing interests in large-size tablets since early 2014. In addition to Apple's rumored 12.85-inch tablet, Samsung Electronics has already launched a 12.2-inch...
Tablet sales in the 7- to 8-inch segment expected to drop nearly 15% in 2014
Tuesday 18 February 2014About 56% of tablet vendors' sales are expected to come from 7- to 8-inch units in 2014, down from about 70% in 2013, due to increased competition from large-size smartphones and...
CES 2014: Samsung unveils 12-inch tablet lineups
Thursday 9 January 2014Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO line of tablets: the Galaxy NotePRO (12.2-inch), TabPRO (12.2-, 10.1-, 8.4-inch) at the CES 2014.
Digitimes Research: Korea tablet market being impacted by phablet products
Friday 3 January 2014South Korea's tablet shipments have been dropping after reaching a peak in 2011 due to the rapid appearance of large-size smartphones and phablets, which are gradually replacing consumer...
Apple large-size tablet rumored for launch in October 2014
Monday 23 December 2013Apple is rumored to release a 12.9-inch tablet in October 2014, targeting North America's educational market, according to sources from the upstream supply chain.
Tablet brand vendors preparing for competition in September
Monday 12 August 2013First-tier tablet vendors including Apple, Samsung Electronics and Amazon, have all geared up for the next-generation tablet competition in September, while Intel and Google are also...
