Tablet PC Market Size, Share, Trends, Growth and Forecast 2032

Tablet PC Market: Size

The global Tablet PC Market size was worth around USD 7.15 Billion in 2023 and is predicted to grow to around USD 28.26 Billion by 2032 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of roughly 16.50% between 2024 and 2032.

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Tablet PC Market: Overview

A tablet computer is a single-panel computer with a touch screen. A tablet is more portable than a laptop and has greater processing power than a notebook. Apple's iPad, like the iPhone before it, ushered in a revolution in tablet computing. Tablet sales have increased rapidly in recent years, reaching double-digit millions worldwide. With the next must-have mobile media tablet, computer makers are striving to capture the consumer's imagination. iPad, Android, BlackBerry, HP WebOS, and Windows are among the tablet systems available, with individual platforms offering web browsers. Each platform runs apps that are specific to that platform's operating system. Tablets are still a limited market in mainstream computing, but with 3G capabilities, WiFi, and greater wireless connectivity, they are becoming increasingly popular.

Tablet PC is often recognized as a portable wireless computer to be operated using fingers or stylus on a touch screen interface. Tablet PC provides all the features of a laptop computer. Tablet PC also comes with add-on feature of handwriting recognition system (HRS), wherein handwritten data is digitized on a tablet pc. The information input is mostly done through LED touch screen interface and not with the mouse or keyboard. Other than using stylus and HRS information can be edited into the tablet using an in-built QWERTY keyboard. Customized tablet PC demand in last five years has increased considerably. An average price of customized tablet PC is USD 1000 more than conventional tablet PC available in the market. Healthcare and manufacturing enterprises, specifically in research domain are much sought after customers for customized tablet PC across the globe.

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Global Tablet PC Market: Growth Factors

Increasing number of internet users and falling data costs, rising number of mobile subscribers, increasing adoption of enterprise-class tablets, falling overall system cost are driving global tablet pc market for the forecasted period. Damage prone hardware, lack of ports and limited data processing capability are some of the challenges for tablet pc market for the forecasted period 2024-2032.

Consumer demand for computing devices that are smaller than laptops or desktop PCs but larger than smartphones and provide effective functionality and portability is driving the market. In the recent past, there has been a paradigm shift in customer demand towards tablet devices. In recent decades, there has been a movement in client demand toward tablet computers. As a result of technological advancements, tablets, which were originally mostly used for entertainment, have gained popularity in a variety of applications, leading to a shift in customer usage habits. Tablets are being used in a range of areas, including education, business, personal, and commercial. Tablet designs have changed dramatically in response to customer needs, with amenities such as lighter tablets and higher screen resolution and size, improved graphics for gaming and video streaming, and applications for bill payment and syncing with other electronic devices for surveillance. Additionally, the development of new devices with lucrative features is estimated to assist the worldwide tablet pc market during the forecast period.

Global Tablet PC Market: Segmentation

Global tablet PC market is segmented in terms of size, type and end users.

By size, tablet pc is classified into 7 inches, 8 inches, 9 inches, 10 inches and 11 inches.

By type, the segment is further bifurcated as mini-tablet, slate, hybrid, gaming console, booklet and others (customized business or engineering tablet). The hybrid tablet is anticipated to grow with highest numbers due to its multifunctional capabilities.

By end user, the market is classified further as schools & colleges, universities, commercial, residential, healthcare, pharmaceutical, retail, marketing, and others. Commercial tablets hold the largest market share, driven by rising demand for connected devices in India and China.

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Global Tablet PC Market: Regional Analysis

Asia Pacific is the fastest growing market for tablet PC for the forecast period. The market in the region is driven by falling data costs, rising number of mobile & internet users, and the introduction of the pan 4G network across rural cities. A total number of internet users in the Asia Pacific in the Asia Pacific is anticipated to reach 2.6billion in 2021 from 1.7 billion in 2016 according to ‘CISCO VNI’ study. The study also highlights the fact that Tablet PC will account for over 2% of total networked devices in the Asia Pacific by 2021. Emerging economies like China and India are key driving markets within Asia Pacific region. China Internet Network Information Centre survey showed that the number of internet users in China is projected to reach 800 million by 2020 in tandem with rising population of the country. Similarly, Internet and Mobile Association of India estimates the number of internet users in India to reach 500 million by Q4 2018. Furthermore, IMAI anticipates the number of internet users in India to reach 800 million by 2020. Growing numbers of internet users in India and China will augment demand for tablet pc in the Asia Pacific.

Some of the major players operating in the Tablet PC Market are:

Players within global tablet PC market include-

• Apple Inc.
• Lenovo Group Ltd.
• Samsung Technologies Ltd.
• Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.
• AsusTek Computer Inc.
• LG Electronics Inc.
• Acer Inc.
• The Hewlett-Packard Company.
• Microsoft Corporation.
• Pandigital.
• Google Inc.
• Nvidia.
• HTC Corporation.

The report segments global table pc market as follows:

Tablet PC Market: Type Segment Analysis

• Mini-tablet
• Slate
• Hybrid
• Gaming Console
• Booklet
• Others

Tablet PC Market: Size Segment Analysis

• 7 inches
• 8 inches
• 9 inches
• 10 inches
• 11 inches

Tablet PC Market: End-User Industry Segment Analysis

• School & Colleges
• Universities
• Commercial
• Residential
• Healthcare
• Pharmaceutical
• Retail
• Marketing
• Others

Tablet PC Market: Regional Segment Analysis

• North America
  • The U.S.
• Europe
  • UK
  • France
  • Germany
• Asia Pacific
  • China
  • Japan
  • India
• Latin America
  • Brazil
• Middle East and Africa