Unlike the mobile industry, which had its worst year in a long time due to the global coronavirus pandemic that also harmed so many other formerly successful businesses in 2020, the tablet market enjoyed a completely unforeseen rebound at the very peak of the COVID-19 medical and financial crisis.
Compared to the final three months of 2020, global tablet shipments could go down by 31 percent during the first 90 days of this year, kicking off a new trend forecasted to last at least through the end of 2021. Digitimes Research is not ready to predict just how poorly the market will perform this year compared to the last, but for what it’s worth, “larger-size” models are expected to continue growing in popularity, which might help most top vendors keep their overall revenue scores high.
