MWC 2015: Are tablets falling out of favour?

"Tablets will rule the future," one analyst said three years ago, forecasting sales would swell to 375 million in 2016.

Nobody is that bullish anymore.

The tablet sector recently suffered its first drop, according to tech consultancy Canalys - down 12% over the final three months of 2014 compared with the same period the previous year.

Apple - the market leader - sold 15% fewer iPads over 2014 as a whole compared with 2013.

Barcelona's Mobile World Congress (MWC) will attempt to reinvigorate interest next week - a Sony leak indicates its will unveil a model with "industry-leading battery performance".

But research house Gartner is now saying the sector's growth will be limited to 259 million sales next year, meaning PCs will continue to be more popular.

(BBC)