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Manufactures start phasing out "Game Changing " tablets

by on07 October 2015


Ancient Babylonian tablets lasted longer 

Demand for Tablets is getting so weak that more chip suppliers to phase out their tablet-IC businesses.

The so-called "game-changing technology" when Apple launched it, is turning out to be just another fad – much like the iPod.

Digitimes reports that its deep throats in Taiwan-based IC design houses are giving up on tablets, which have been killed off by large-size smartphones. Tablet demand worldwide will likely decline 10-20 per cent in 2016 which will probably kill the fad off.

Shipments of tablets running Android OS might be less than 160 million units in 2015, and will fall further to 120-130 million in 2016, the sources predicted.

As a result, international vendors have decided to leave the tablet-IC market because of low prices which will yield them low profits. Meanwhile weak demand, price competition among tablet chip providers remains intense.

The only one to see an increase in sales has been MediaTek. Its shipments for tablets continue to grow and it aims to ship 45 million tablet chips in 2015. It is not sure what black magic the outfit is performing to buck the trend.  We hate to say we told you so, but this was inevitable. 

 

Last modified on 07 October 2015
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