ASEAN demand for tablets, laptops up 32% over 12 months

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July 23, 2013

SINGAPORE – Sales of tablets and laptops have surged by 32 per cent in the year to June to nearly 14.2 million in the region’s key markets – Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, according to a study by research company GfK. While laptops continued to make up 57% of combined sales, this segment’s growth rate was just 4%, while the tablet segment doubled in volume (101%). Indonesia was the largest mrket, accounting for more than one-third of total tablet sales volume, while in the Philippines, tablet take-up increased 322% over the year.