Ho ea ka pono ea khaso ea li-terminals tsa POS, palo ea li-terminals tsa POS ka motho naheng ea heso e tlase haholo ho feta ea linaheng tse ling, 'me sebaka sa' maraka se seholo. Ho latela data, China e na le mechini ea 13.7 POS ho batho ba 10,000. United States, palo ena e nyolohetse ho 179, ha Korea Boroa e le holimo ho 625.

Ka ts'ehetso ea maano, sekhahla sa ho kenella ha litšebelisano tsa tefo ea elektronike ea malapeng se ntse se eketseha butle-butle. Kaho ea tikoloho ea litšebeletso tsa tefo libakeng tsa mahaeng le eona e ntse e potlaka. Ka 2012, sepheo sa kakaretso sa bonyane karete e le 'ngoe ea banka le ho kenya li-terminals tse 240,000 tsa POS motho ka mong li tla fihleloa, e leng se etsang hore mmaraka oa lehae oa POS o ntlafatse ho ea pele.

Ntle le moo, nts'etsopele e potlakileng ea tefo ea mehala e boetse e tlisitse sebaka se secha sa kholo indastering ea POS. Lintlha li bonts'a hore ka 2010, basebelisi ba litefo tsa mehala lefatšeng ka bophara ba fihlile ho limilione tse 108.6, keketseho ea 54.5% ha e bapisoa le 2009. Ka 2013, basebelisi ba litefo tsa mehala tsa Asia ba tla ikarabella bakeng sa 85% ea kakaretso ea lefats'e, 'me boholo ba mmaraka oa naha ea heso bo tla feta li-yuan tse limilione tse likete tse 150. . Sena se bolela hore sekhahla sa kholo ea selemo le selemo sa tefo ea mehala ea naha ea heso se tla feta 40% lilemong tse 3 ho isa ho tse 5 tse tlang.

Lihlahisoa tse ncha tsa POS le tsona li se li qalile ho kopanya mesebetsi e mecha ho fihlela tlhoko ea 'maraka. 'Mele o na le li-module tse sebetsang tse hahiloeng ka hare tse kang GPS, Bluetooth le WIFI. Ntle le ho tšehetsa mekhoa ea puisano ea GPRS le CDMA ea setso, e boetse e tšehetsa puisano ea 3G.

Ha ho bapisoa le metjhini e tloaelehileng ea mehala ea POS, lihlahisoa tse ncha tsa Bluetooth POS tse ntlafalitsoeng ke indasteri li fihlela litlhoko tse fapaneng tsa tefo ea mehala, 'me li ka fihlela litlhoko tsa ts'ebeliso ea phallo ea thepa, anti-counterfeiting le traceability. Ka kholo e potlakileng ea khoebo ea e-commerce le ntlafatso ea taolo ea thepa, lihlahisoa tse joalo li tla sebelisoa haholoanyane litšebeletsong tsa bophelo.