Apple and Samsung ship 160 million tablets in 2014

If you're planning to buy a tablet in 2014, than this news will cheer you up, and make you believe that you will not leave our web shop with empty hands. But, this applies to you only if you are planning to buy a tablet from one of the two largest producers of these very popular mobile devices. Youprobably guessed that these are Apple and Samsung. Apple and Samsung are planning to flood the market this year with tablets, and we're sure that some of them will suit your needs. By joint forces, Apple and Samsung will offer market about 160 million tablets. If we know that there are about 7.2 billion people on the planet Earth at this time, we know that one tablet, on average, comes to 45 inhabitants of our planet. Of course, the tablets will not be equally distributed, as well as the quality of the supplied devices. U.S. traditionally have good sales and good distribution of more expensive models, while some emerging markets are looking for cheap tablets which multiply very quickly.

Apple and Samsung ship more than ever

The plans of these two manufacturers look like this: Apple plans to produce between 80 and 90 million tablets, while its biggest competitor Samsung is preparing to deliver between 60 and 70 million units. These figures should be no surprise because the development of this devices become "quick" business, so for the next generation or completely new model we wait less than a year. Samsung has recently unveiled their new tablets, including ones with 12.2-inches screens. This, of course, caused a reaction from the other side of the Pacific, and Apple is set to launch 12.9 - inch iPad, which should appear after the summer.

Apple and Samsung offer more inches andlower prices

The assumption is that Samsung will continue to have lower charges for tablets, among which could lead models of Galaxy Lite series, that are supposed to have a starting price of around $ 130. For comparison, Samsung shipped about 40 million tablets in 2013.