People are increasingly replacing PCs with tablets

by Janani Krishnaswamy on 19 April 2011, 14:45

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Latest TabletTrack study released from research firm YouGov suggests that more than one in twelve UK tablet owners (8 percent) purchased a tablet to replace an existing desktop or laptop computer. About 11 percent of Samsung Galaxy Tab owners and 7 percent of iPad ones fall into this category.

The survey also suggested that 13 percent of UK adults are seriously considering buying a tablet, with over two thirds of these already sure of the brand they might purchase.

Though more than three quarters of tablet owners purchased a tablet in addition to a computer, YouGov has noted a trend of cannibalizing. Of the ones who are looking to buy tablets in the near future, about 16 percent are looking for a laptop substitute, while 9 percent want a tablet PC to substitute their netbooks.

The research firm predicted the launch of newer, cheaper tablets throughout 2011 will further boost this increase. YouGov has identified £250 as the magic price point and clearly demonstrates the importance of pricing in order to achieve widespread distribution.

Pointing out the number of tablet launches so far, Russell Feldman, associate director at YouGov, said: "Our analysis clearly demonstrates that if the pricing is right and the device is marketed at the correct audience, then there is significant latent demand."

The research firm has arrived at the optimal price based on a price modelling analysis among 2,000 nationally representative adults who do not own a tablet. It says a £150 to £200 price range will lure even those who are currently uninterested in a tablet.

The methodology used for this analysis is quite similar to the one that predicted that e-reader sales will take off at the £100 price point two years back. 

In fact, Gartner earlier noted that PC sales for early 2011 were weak in many key regions due to the intensifying competition in consumer spending and cannibalization of the market by media tablets, consoles and smartphones.

 

 



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are u blooming kidding me? where do they get there facts from? people buying tablets over pc's? lol come on.
the day i can connect any usb device onto a tablet and install and use it, run photoshop, run a jboss or tomcat server, do some coding on an IDE of my choice, able to run pc games like bf3 And have a onscreen keyboard thats as good as a physical keyboard, THEN i may consider a tablet
Don't forget that the majority of PC owners are little more than a social/media absorbing webtoopuntohh click monkey. And for them, a tablet works just fine.
But you're probably not the same as 75% of people who buy PCs with your specific requirements :)

Plus it's only 8% of tablet owners so probably not a huge overall % of PC buyers/owners.
Just added a table.

As you can see, for most people a tablet is a supplementary device, but that 8 percent is still a significant minority.
Whats a ‘neetbook’ ? they sound cool!

I'm suprised by the N/A I was given the device - numbers, that's quite high.
Also is there a need for ‘other’ and ‘none of these’ answers? Whoever designed that questionnaire wasn't too thorough..