Tablet sales to double in India in FY2014
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Tablet sales are set to nearly double in the current fiscal year to 3.84 million units, according to data from IT hardware industry body Manufacturers Association of Information Technology (MAIT).
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The 2012-13 fiscal year was a year where consumers chose the tablet over a PC as a replacement, MAIT President J. V. Ramamurthy, said in a Times of India article. He added the combination of PC features and affordability was turning the tide in the tablet's favor.
"Tablets are cannibalizing the PC market and registering a phenomenal growth of 424 per cent in the second consecutive year," Ramamurthy said in the report. Compared to the growth in tablets, PC sales are expected to rise by a modest 8 percent to 12.11 million against 11.17 million in the previous fiscal year.
According to MAIT, tablet sales in 2012-13 stood at 1.9 million units against 0.36 million the previous year. Last year, it estimated India's tablet market would grow to 7.3 million units by 2015-16.
The market leader for Q1 was Datawind, with a 15 percent local market share, ahead of Micromax and Apple. That's without factoring in the numbers from its government-backed Aakash budget tablets for the education sector.