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'Detachables' the hot new thing in cooling tablet market
Published Wed, Mar 9, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Washington
The global market for tablet computers will see another decline in 2016, but one bright spot is in "detachables" which are gaining as PC replacements, researchers said on Tuesday.
A report by research firm IDC said tablet sales worldwide are likely to slip 5.9 per cent this year to 195 million units, following a drop of 10 per cent in 2015.
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