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Tablet sales jump, pushed by the iPad mini and Android devices |
December 10, 2012
The latest predictions from researcher IDC show a continuing increase in tablet sales from the end of 2012 all the way through 2016, according to the company's latest Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker.
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IDC raised its estimate for the total number of tablets to be sold worldwide in 2012 from 117.5 million to 122.3 million in today's release, on the basis of strong demand for the Apple iPad mini and growing Android sales numbers. The company also upped its 2013 prediction from 165.9 million units to 172.4 million, and its 2016 figure from 261.4 million to 282.7 million. (See also Macworld's review of the iPad mini).
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Link: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/120512-tablets-264824.html
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