Driven by strong uptake of smartphones and tablet PCs, Gartner forecasts the global sales to grow 9% to total 2.4 billion units in 2013 from 2012. The proliferation of lower-priced tablets and their growing capability is accelerating the shift from PCs to tablets.
Worldwide Devices Shipments by Segment (Thousands of Units)
On the contrary, the traditional PC market of notebooks and desk-based units is expected to decline 7.6 % in 2013. According to Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner, "There will be some individuals who retain both a personal PC and a tablet, especially those who use either or both for work and play, most will be satisfied with the experience they get from a tablet as their main computing device."
As a result, the traditional PC market of notebooks and desk-based units is expected to decline 7.6 percent in 2013 (check table below). This is not a temporary trend induced by a more austere economic environment; it is a reflection of a long-term change in user behavior. Beginning in 2013, ultramobiles will help offset this decline, so that sales of traditional PCs and ultramobiles combined show a 3.5 percent decline in 2013.
| Device Type |
2012
|
2013
|
2014
|
2017
|
| PC (Desk-Based and Notebook) |
341,263
|
315,229
|
302,315
|
271,612
|
| Ultramobile |
9,822
|
23,592
|
38,687
|
96,350
|
| Tablet |
116,113
|
197,202
|
265,731
|
467,951
|
| Mobile Phone |
1,746,176
|
1,875,774
|
1,949,722
|
2,128,871
|
| Total |
2,213,373
|
2,411,796
|
2,556,455
|
2,964,783
|
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