Strategy Analytics predicts that global tablet shipments will grow 3% in 2016 after falling 8% in 2015 as enterprise adoption, device innovation, and the coming upgrade cycle trigger tablet demand. North America will account for 27% of global tablet shipment volumes in 2015; Asia Pacific is the world's largest region in 2015, accounting for 37% of all tablet shipments worldwide.
This report forecasts global tablet shipments, installed base, household penetration, and user penetration by 6 major regions and 88 countries from 2010 to 2020. This report is published during Q1 2016, following actual Q4 2015 results. It updates and supersedes the Tablet Shipments, Installed Base and Penetration Forecast by Country 2010 - 2019 published in November 2015.