Tablet Shipment Estimates For Developed Markets Revised Downwards

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Research firm IDC lowered its tablet projections on Friday for the full year down to 233 million shipments. That's a 6.5 percent year-over-year growth rate, compared to the 12.1 percent growth rate previously expected.

While Western markets are seeing flat growth for 2014, the rest of the world — including emerging and developing markets — will see a 12 percent growth. That's because smaller tablets in the less-than-8-inches size are becoming increasingly popular, thanks to a lower average selling point.Tablet Shipment Estimates For Developed Markets Revised Downwards [zdnet.com]

I see so many families with a tablet computer of some kind these days. Kids even have their own tablets to beat up and trash.

There's certainly a divide appearing, for some time now, where low-priced units are gaining sales, with high-end devices a more considered purchase, or for business use.

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Low priced units do what I want: browse the web, read ebooks, and watch video. The kids play some games on theirs.

I prefer low priced mobile electronics as it matter less if it breaks - and tablets are very easy to drop and break.