Strategy Analytics predicts that global tablet shipments will decline 6% in 2016 after falling 8% in 2015 as vendors focus less on volume and more on profitability while consumers remain cost-conscious and generally satisfied with ageing computing devices. North America will account for 26% of global tablet shipment volumes in 2016; Asia Pacific will remain the world's largest region in 2016, 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 Q2 2016, following actual Q1 2016 results. It updates and supersedes the Tablet Shipments, Installed Base and Penetration Forecast by Country 2010 - 2020: Q1 16 Update published in February 2016.