'Detachables' the hot new thing in cooling tablet market

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.