“Tablet sales are soaring. In January – August this year tablet sales reached 180,000 units, compared to 90,000 in the same period in 2012. The tablet market is new and consumers are enthusiastic and don’t know very well what they’re buying and what for. On the other hand, personal computer sales are declining. If not this year, for sure in 2014 tablet sales will exceed PC sales,” said Iftemie.
He also said the boom in tablet sales puts pressure on distributors’ costs, as the average price of a tablet is around EUR100.
“These distributors used to sell PCs and laptops, whose average price was higher than that of tablets, and they had larges fees. Tablets are now trending and distributors now have to sell three tablets to make want they used to make from the sale of one PC,” he said.
In 2012, tablet sales on the Romanian market stood at 200,000 units.