Android this year will more than total shipments

GMT, March 16, the market research firm IDC forecasts released its report, the main point: 2013 Android tablet shipments for the first time Android Tablet pc to catch up with iPad. According to IDC, iPad shipments market share of 46%, compared with a decline of 5 percentage points in 2012; shipment market share of the Android tablet this year will be 49%, an increase of 7 percent over last year.

Looks iPad market share might decline, but in fact its shipments substantial growth, IDC said that this is the tablet PC market this year, a larger development, its overall size is likely to grow more than 50% of that shipments may be more than 191 million units (72 million units in late 2011; 128 million units in 2012 year-end). While the most eye-catching performance in the market this year, a small-sized flat panel.

 It is worth mentioning that IDC predicted in February, the same report, it was said that this year's ball tablet PC shipments will more than 170 million units, or just over 30%. In the end is what factors IDC to make changes such report is still unknown, but wifi tablet pcthe increase in the tablet market is really clinches the matter.