Tablet sales will account for half of the entire PC market in 2014 as demand for devices from firms such as Samsung and Apple continues to grow, according to new data from Canalys.
The firm said that with sales of tablets at 40 percent in Q3 2013, it now predicts 50 percent of PC-style devices sold will be tablets by the end of 2014 – reaching 285 million. Desktop units will be 17 percent of the market, with sales of 98 million. Notebooks will account for the remaining 33 percent, at 192 million sales, Canalys said.
Apple and Samsung will remain the dominant
vendors over the next few years, with Canalys senior analyst Tim
Coulling saying the tablet market is an area Apple especially will
continue to push as it brings the firm such good margins.
“Apple’s prioritisation of protecting gross
margins will see its PC market share continue to decline,” he said.
“However, Apple is one of the few companies making money from the tablet
boom. Premium products attract high-value consumers; for Apple,
remaining highly profitable and driving revenue from its entire
ecosystem is of greater importance than market share statistics.”
Meanwhile Microsoft is set to improve its
position, although only relatively to its already lowly status in the
market. Canalys predicts it will grow from two percent to five percent
in 2014, driven in part by its deal for Nokia, according to research
analyst Pin-Chen Tang.
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