Taiwan's Supply Chain Vendor: Tablet PC Sales Will Surpass PCs in 2013

According to Taiwan’s “Electronic Times” report, supply chain vendors in Taiwan are widely expected to benefit from consumer demand for the iPad. In 2013, global tablet sales will reach 130 million units, which is more than PCs.

According to calculations, in 2011, the global tablet sales volume was 60 million units, and Apple contributed 40 million units. In 2012, it is expected to reach 90 to 95 million units. Apple's new iPad equipped with Retina screen will become the most popular features of consumers.

"Electronic Times" said: "Because in 2013 there will be more mixed products of tablet PCs and PCs available on the market, and some of them even have traditional PC functions, so tablets may have the same high-speed growth as smart phones."

The late Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs, predicted this change in the market as early as 2010, when the iPad was only available soon. He said at the technology conference at that time that the transition from traditional PCs to tablet PCs and other new products would be "unavoidable."

Jobs also compared this trend with the development of the automotive industry. Since the main users are farmers, the automobile market in the United States was once dominated by trucks. However, with the acceleration of urbanization, cars are becoming more and more popular, and small cars have gradually increased power steering and automatic transmission. "PC will be the same as truck." Jobs said. He believes that such products will still exist, but the share will be less and less.

Apple introduced a new iPad this week, and the company’s executives have repeatedly referred to the term "post-PC." For Apple, iPad sales have easily surpassed that of the Mac. Last quarter, iPad sales reached three times that of the Mac.

In fact, if the iPad and Mac are collectively included in the PC market, Apple has become the world's largest PC maker. The British market research company Canalys conducted this classification in January this year and found that Apple has surpassed Hewlett-Packard and ranks first in the world.

Although notebooks are gradually leading the PC industry, desktops are still an important part of the market. Apple iMac has achieved great success and currently accounts for about one-third of all desktop sales. However, MacBook notebooks still account for three quarters of all Mac sales. (Ding Hong)