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Tablet web traffic overtakes feature phones in emerging markets

Engineering

6/14/2013 9:00 AM

Mobile Tablet Analysis

With the IDC releasing a report showing the tablet market growing in India and the Middle East, this week 51Degrees take a look at device web traffic from emerging markets (based on the IMF listing).

Mobile Traffic By Device Type From Emerging Markets

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IDC research shows that tablet sales in the Middle East and Africa reached 2.25 million in Q1 2013, this is a 184% increase from last years Q1 sales.

Tablet traffic has now overtaken web traffic from feature phones in emerging markets, striking a huge statement about the increase in smart devices in developing countries.

With Smartphones and tablets now allowing emerging markets to browse the web far more easily, will we see a boom in educational services adopting the tablet teaching methods?