Tablet market seen surging to $49 billion by 2015 (Reuters)
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 2:01 AM
HELSINKI (Reuters) – The global paper machine market, born terminal year with Apple's iPad, module grow to a $49-billion playing by 2015, investigate concern Strategy Analytics said.
The paper machine mart module embellish the ordinal largest consumer electronics sector, after televisions and personal computers, the investigate concern said, forecasting 149 meg units module be sold in 2015, ontogeny eightfold from 2010.
"Tablets are a high-value casual-computing portion that is creating huge ontogeny opportunities for field brands, much as Apple and Samsung," said shrink Neil Mawston.
Estimates on mart ontogeny depart widely -- the view is ease exclusive half of Gartner's 294 meg unit prognosticate for 2015, issued terminal week.
Apple's iPad is due to dominate the mart for years, with Samsung Electronics a extreme second.
Apple is estimated to hit sold most 1 meg iPad 2s in the prototypal weekend of its U.S. start terminal month. Samsung may hit sold a kindred sort of its Galaxy Tabs in the time threesome months and income ontogeny is due to lag.
On weekday Apple sued Samsung for copying its products in its tablets and smartphones using the Galaxy brand.
(Reporting by Tarmo Virki; Editing by Louise Heavens)
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