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元器件交易网讯 2月19日消息，据市场观察家表示，由于大尺寸智能手机及大尺寸平板电脑销售的竞争日益激烈，平板电脑厂商预计2014年销售额约有56%来自7-8英寸平板电脑，低于2013年的70%。
纵观2013年，小尺寸平板电脑7-8英寸逐渐占据了平板电脑市场，压低了8-10寸产器段的销售额。目前，智能手机的尺寸已逐渐增加至5-6.99英寸。因此，消费者对于小尺寸平板的需求一直在下滑，他们重新考虑购买大尺寸平板电脑。
此外，观察人士指出，平板电脑厂商预计在2014年将推出更多8英寸及以上尺寸的产品，一些厂商预计也将推出11-13.9英寸的平板，从而加速了7- 8英寸平板销售额的下降。
观察家表示，到2018年，平板电脑销量约9%预计来自11-13.9寸。（元器件交易网郭路平 译）
外文：Tablet sales in the 7- to 8-inch segment expected to drop nearly 15% in 2014
About 56% of tablet vendors" sales are expected to come from 7- to 8-inch units in 2014, down from about 70% in 2013, due to increased competition from large-size smartphones and expected sales of larger-size tablets, according to market observers.
Throughout 2013, smaller size tablets in the 7- to 8-inch segment increasingly dominated the tablet market, pushing down sales of units in the 8-inch to 10-inch segment. However, as smartphone sizes have increased to between 5- to 6.99-inch, demand for smaller-size tablets has been on the decline causing consumers to re-think their position on larger-size tablet purchases.
Additionally, tablet vendors are expected to release more units in the 8-inch and above segment during 2014, with some vendors expected to push units sized 11- to 13.9-inch, thus adding to the decrease in sales from the 7- to 8-inch segment, the observers noted.
By 2018, about 9% of tablet sales are expected to be for sizes 11- to 13.9-inch, the observers added.
