Tablet Shipments Decline As Consumers Ditch Cut-Rate Slates

After years of astronomical growth, the tablet market is peering over the edge of a cliff, as consumers find fewer reasons to splurge on low-cost or new slates. IDC's report indicates the fact that consumers, in mature markets, are ditching those cheap, underpowered slates that helped fuel the market's explosive growth in favor of more powerful, expensive devices.As a result, declines in the average selling price, or ASP, for tablets have begun to bottom out. In 2012, consumers saw ASPs decline as much as 18.3 percent for a slate.

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