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Tablets are more attractive than personal computers

14.11.2012

Tablet computers are becoming more and more popular, which leads the analytical agency Gartner to predict crazy growth in sales of these devices until 2016. Whether it is right to make plans for such a long term is not yet clear, but today it is impossible to deny obvious things - buyers pay special attention to tablet computers. The latest report from PriceGrabber showed that the majority of consumers prefer to receive a tablet as a gift for the coming holidays, overtaking PCs for the first time.

In figures, this situation is as follows: 59% of respondents admitted that they would like to receive a tablet as a holiday gift.

Otherwise, there are no big surprises. Apple products remain the most popular. 63% of respondents prefer iPad 3 or iPad 4 tablet computers, while 24% would like to get a brand new iPad mini. Twenty-two percent of the respondents were in favor of the Samsung Galaxy Note Tab tablet computers, and another twenty - in favor of the Amazon Kindle Fire HD model. The new Microsoft Surface devices are still behind the main competitors - only 13% of the "votes".

One of the reasons for the growing popularity of tablet computers is not so much the release of many interesting models, but the appearance on sale of inexpensive gadgets in the price range from $200 to $300.

If we consider only budget models of tablet computers, then Apple iPad mini is the leader here - 45% of buyers would like to purchase this particular device. Its main advantages are called: compactness, portability and low cost. In second place is the Amazon Kindle Fire HD with 27% of the "votes", and in third place are two options at once: Google Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire.

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