27.11.2013 15:35 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Samsung, Apple, Microsoft fight for share of booming tablet market

Tablets will out ship almost all other PC form factors combined next year, forming nearly 50 per cent of the total market, according to Canalys.The worldwide client PC market grew 18 per cent in the third quarter of this year, despite desktop and notebook shipments continuing to decline.Read more stories about the IT ChannelHowever, tablet shipment accounted for 40 per cent of PC shipments, less than half a million units behind global notebook shipments.Canalys predicts this trend to continue and has forecasted 285 million units to ship in 2014, growing to 396 million units in 2017.Apple and Samsung are expected to keep ahead of their competitors in the medium term.But their could be challenges for both vendors as the market heats up.Apple has maintained its top vendor position throughout 2013, while Canalys predicts the launch of the iPad Air and new iPad mini to strengthen that position in in the final quarter of this

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