Approximately 119 million tablets will reach consumers’ hands around the world this year, up from 60 million in 2011, according to a forecast released by Gartner Tuesday. The projections are considerably more aggressive than the estimates the research firm released a year ago.
Of those 119 million tablets, approximately 73 million, or 61%, will be iPads, Gartner predicts. The researcher thinks that the Apple device will continue to dominate the tablet market through 2016, despite increased competition from the likes of Amazon and Microsoft.
