Daniel Slotta
Research expert covering Greater China
Tablet PCs in the UK - statistics & facts
At work, school, or home, today we find tablet computers everywhere – devices thought to fill the gap between smartphones and PCs and able to perform a wide range of tasks in different areas. A tablet personal computer (PC) commonly refers to a mobile device with a mobile operating system (OS) and touchscreen display. Following its launch in 2010, Apple's iPad dramatically changed the global tablet market in terms of technology and consumer expectations, with Apple’s product being the first tablet to achieve significant success amongst consumers. Tablets sit within the wider PC market, a market which in the UK is performing positively in terms of sales. The PC market in the UK reached 5.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, with tablets accounting for 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.
