Tablets Will Outsell Notebooks in 2013, for First Time Ever




In 2012, tablets outsold notebook computers in the US and China, but 2013 will be the year this trend goes global, according to NPD DisplaySearch. That's three years ahead of analysts' earlier estimates, and reflects a projected 64% growth in tablet purchases in 2013 versus 2012.

This growth is driven primarily by a surge in purchases of smaller 7-inch and 8-inch tablets, which will represent 45% of the 240 million tablets sold in 2013. Notebooks, meanwhile, will sell 207 million units in the same year.
NPD projects just a 17% market share in 2013 for the original size, 9.7-inch iPad, compared with just under a 40% market share for the iPad in 2012. Due to sales of the iPad mini, w…
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