Regional Tablet Sales by Connectivity Type: 2010-2017

The global tablet market is currently dominated by WiFi-only devices as the tablet remains primarily a stay-at-home device. The proportion of cellular tablets varies significantly by region due to WiFi and cellular availability, cellular pricing strategies, and carrier subsidies and data plans. LTE will greatly enhance the performance of key tablet uses, such as streaming video and web surfing, and will shift the value proposition of a cellular-enabled device. Shifts in cellular-enabled device prices as well as the potential for alternative data plans and pricing stragies could also fuel the transition to cellular-enabled tablets. By 2017 we estimate LTE will account for 73% of cellular Tablet shipments. This reports covers 5 technologies by the major 6 regions of North America, Western Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Central Eastern Europe and Africa Middle East.

The global tablet market is currently dominated by WiFi-only devices as the tablet remains primarily a stay-at-home device. The proportion of cellular tablets varies significantly by region due to WiFi and cellular availability, cellular pricing strategies, and carrier subsidies and data plans. LTE will greatly enhance the performance of key tablet uses, such as streaming video and web surfing, and will shift the value proposition of a cellular-enabled device. Shifts in cellular-enabled device prices as well as the potential for alternative data plans and pricing stragies could also fuel the transition to cellular-enabled tablets. By 2017 we estimate LTE will account for 73% of cellular Tablet shipments. This reports covers 5 technologies by the major 6 regions of North America, Western Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Central Eastern Europe and Africa Middle East.