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Tablets set to explode in emerging markets
Tablet use is set to rapidly escalate in emerging markets as their hunger for smart connected devices continues to grow.
According to tech research company IDC, the smart connected device volume in emerging markets grew by 41.3% in 2012 with the tablet volume growing by 111.3% and smartphone volume by 69.7% year on year. Desktop and portable PC shipments meanwhile shrank by 3.8% and 0.8% respectively.
The upward growth of tablets and smartphones in emerging markets is likely being driven by the increasing availability of affordable devices among populations with increasing amounts of disposable income. That kind of growth is less surprising when you bear in mind that, aided by huge numbers of cheap, locally produced Android devices, China has already overtaken the US to become the world's largest smartphone market. India and Brazil meanwhile aren't far behind.
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Nur Bremmen is a ataff reporter at www.memeburn.com.
