Now that Tablet market growth has stabilized, differentiation will be of paramount importance in such a small footprint device. Differentiation can be achieved with software, hardware or better still, a combination of the two. Enabling technologies are one such route to pursue when seeking to create competitive advantage; each enabling technology on its own may not be a deal-clincher, but for many it might be a mandatory tick-box item in the product specification.

This extensive datamodel is part one in a 2-part series of reports forecasting 35 major enabling technologies for Tablets. This report forecasts shipments and installed base of Tablets by 19 major enabling technologies, ranging alphabetically from A to L: 3D, 4K Display, 64-bit, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, 802.11ad Wi-Fi, Accelerometer, AMOLED Display, Bluetooth, Camera - Dual, Camera - Forward-Facing, Camera - Rear-Facing, Cloud Backup / Sync, DisplayPort, DLNA, Finger Print Recognition, Flexible Display, GPS, Haptics, and HDMI. Regions covered in the report are: North America, Central & Latin America, Western Europe, Central & Eastern Europe, Asia Pacific, and Africa & Middle East. The report includes both historical and forecast data for the years 2010 to 2020. This report is published during Q1 2016, following actual Q4 2015 results. It updates and supersedes the Tablet Enabling Technologies Forecast by Region: 2010 - 2019 report published in November 2015.