On the yearly basis, a total of 227.3 million tablets units are expected to ship this year, which will account for 14.6 per cent of the smart connected device market (PCs, tablets, and smartphones). The IDC report also mentions that the overall smart connected device market will grow 27.8% year over year in 2013 to 1.5 billion units, slightly lower than the 30.3% growth in 2012, mainly because of poor PC sales.
In addition, the IDC report notes that smartphones will continue to ship in large numbers, surpassing 1.4 billion units in 2015 and a majority of these shipments will come from sub-$350 smartphones.
