As we reported, notebook manufacturers overestimated the pace of equipping notebook touch screen .Touchscreen laptops this year will amount to only 10-15% of the total supply, and no more, as previously thought. One reason for the high price is called such models due to the high price of touch screens.
As it turned out, in addition to reducing the price of touch screens, there is another reserve price reduction fitted their mobile computers. According to the source, touch laptops can get cheaper by at least 10%, will come into force when the discounts on licensing Windows 8 proposed by notebook manufacturer has designed this operating system by Microsoft.
If the patterns of primary and secondary level, in which the contribution of the license cost is particularly high, the price reduction can exceed 20%, believe representatives of retail distribution channels.
In these conditions, the proportion of sensory laptops may start to grow faster in the second quarter, one in five laptop will have a touch screen.
The best balance of demand and profits expected at around $ 500, but consumers still need time to get used to the touch interface, before it becomes a standard.
Source: DigiTimes
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