Back in May, I took a look at the small screen PC market to try and determine the distribution of screen sizes. I did the same in September.
Today I’ve been through the figures again and the same trend continues. There are less sub 10” screens on the market and far more 10” and 11” devices. I’m still ignoring the 12” sector but a quick glance reveals that that sector is growing too.
The 10 and 11” screen sizes now make up 93.5% of the sub-12″ devices in the German market. Nearly all of these are netbooks.
- The 11” segment grew another = 43% (The segment has doubled in just 6 months)
- The 8” segment is down by over 80% in 6 month.
- The average weight is still increasing.
- The number of devices is up 26% in 6 months.
- The cheapest device is 151 Euro (down 9 Euros in 2 months.)
Once again it’s sad news for those wanting ultra mobile PCs but good for those wanting cheap laptops.
November 12th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Sub 12" PC Screen Size Analysis. Nov 2009. 11" segment up 43%, 8" segment down 80% in 6 months. Goodbye mobile netbooks! http://bit.ly/o0n7O
November 12th, 2009 at 11:10 pm
At J&R in NYC (a major electronics store), you can’t buy anything that’s not 10″ miniumum. I think that segment — below 10″ — has simply stopped being made.
November 13th, 2009 at 12:18 am
pretty cool idea to track the market, haven’t seen such a research somewhere else. would be interesting to have the same thing about touchscreen devices.
(personally, i think that netbooks will evolve in slates in the 5-9 inch screen size, cf archos 9, what you see here is that the current netbooks simply nab market share from traditional notebooks)
Chippy Reply:
November 13th, 2009 at 12:29 am
It’s not perfect research by any means but as a European statistic it’s a good indicator.
November 13th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Can you give the model list? There are 8″ device? Wha!
I think the market trend is decided by which low end chip intel is trying to push.
squirrel Reply:
November 13th, 2009 at 1:50 am
8″ means 8,9″ i’m sure
November 13th, 2009 at 2:22 am
Im sure trending will change back to smaller devices when those atoms evolve a bit more ( more power, less power consumption )
November 13th, 2009 at 3:20 am
In the major distribution channels in the US, Best Buy, Walmart, CDW… 10 inches is as small as it gets. Only the exotic importers like Dynaism or Mobilx offer smaller. Once Archos and Viliv break into the mass market retailers, you will see those numbers for smaller screens increase. Except for the fanatics like us, the average guy or gal does not know that the under 10 inch stuff exists at all. If they saw one by mistake, Im sure they would confuse it for a giant cell phone:(
November 13th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Wow, interesting results…
Which 5″ device is here in germany avaliable?
November 13th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
the screen size is about to go back to 10 with microsoft dropping the max screen size specs from 11.6 to 10 for win7, unless manufacturers just ignore their rules (which they usually do anyway)
November 13th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
@knusperkeks: you can buy the archos 7 here, it’s a five inch android mid. especially lecker with the SSD option.
November 13th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
@netbook reviews: and google should increase the screen resolution for android. to me that’s an even more important point when it comes to the <9 in market.
November 14th, 2009 at 8:20 am
How about the statistic in Japan? It’s awfully difficult to find small notebooks with decent price but has lower profile than the 10″-ers
Much with fixup in the previous survey, it’s about the idea of “full size keyboard” than force them to make either 10″ screen device, or small screen with big keyboard (e.g: Vaio P).
November 14th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
You can view all devices here.
http://geizhals.at/eu/?cat=nb12
March 17th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
10″ with 1300×768 resolution is pretty perfect for a cheap netbook. I don’t really see a point on the 11″ since that’s getting too close in size and weight to a full-deck 12″ powerhouse (dual core, 4mb Ram, etc)