Samsung vows to lead tablets market

Samsung Electronics has a new goal after overtaking Apple in smartphones: It wants to be world No 1 in tablet computers too.

A top executive, Shin Jong-kyun, told analysts yesterday that Samsung’s tablet business is growing rapidly and the company will become the biggest maker of tablet computers. He didn’t give a timeframe.

Shin said Samsung’s tablet sales will exceed 40m units this year, more than double sales in 2012. “Samsung tablet shipments started to grow remarkably since the second half of last year,” he said.