Year after tablet PC sales worldwide will exceed PC

Research institutions IDC28 released the latest report expects global tablet shipments will exceed iPhone & iPad & iPod notebooks and other portable personal computer (PC) the sum of the 2015 Tablet PC sales will exceed the sum of desktop and notebook PC.
IDC expects tablet PC shipments will reach 229 million units, an increase of 58.7% over last year, laptop and portable PC shipments is expected to be 187 million units igogo
IDC analyst Reese pointed out that tablet PC sales this year will exceed notebook and laptop PC, this change "very important", because the latter has been the main growth in the PC market. And this change also came very quickly, because the Tablet PC to enter the market from now until just three years.
In 2010, the U.S. Apple released the first iPad, open the Tablet PC market. Although Apple has been a leader in this field, but based on Google Android operating system, Tablet PC has also been competing for market share. IDC said that the current tablet market expansion has been driven by low-cost Android devices igogo
The report shows that the rising popularity of tablet PCs is a key factor is price. IDC predicts that in 2013 the average price of the Tablet PC will be significantly reduced to $ 381, compared with 2013 PC average selling price is expected to be $ 635.
The report not only shows the rapid growth of tablet PCs, and also shows the Tablet PC Accessories decline in the PC market. Prior to Dell and HP, including the major PC makers have said PC shipments declined, some analysts have attributed more consumers turn to tablet PCs.