Sales of tablets should have crash in Brazil, says IDC

Sao Paulo-the sale of tablets in Brazil must retreat 29% this year to 4.1 million units, after falling 38 percent last year, the first annual drop since 2010, when the machine began to be marketed in Brazil, reported on Monday the market research firm IDC.
In addition to the economic crisis in the country, sales of tablets retreated last year on the appreciation of the dollar and the competition with smart phones to larger screens, said analyst Peter Hagge, IDC said in a statement to the press.
Last week, IDC released 13.4% drop in sales of smartphones in Brazil in 2015 and recoil-13% expected for this year. The company forecast sales of personal computers is falling 18% in 2016, after retraction of 36% in 2015.