Gartner: Global tablet shipments increase in volume of 69.8% PC decline

Bit network (ChinaByte) April 10, 2007, according to foreign media reports, the research firm Gartner released the latest forecast on the 9th, estimated this year's global device (including PC, tablet and phone), the total shipments will reach 24 million units, representing a increased by 9% last year, total unit shipments in 2017 will exceed 2.9 billion units, including growth in the kinetic energy from the tablet, mobile phones, and the Ultramobile (ultra-thin device) products, PC shipments (including desktop and laptop) amount will continue to fall, PC shipments this year, estimated up to 315 million units, the decline over the last year, 7.6% and the Ultramobile shipments will reach 23.5 million units, representing an increase of more than 2 times, Tablet PC shipments reached 197 million units, year an increase of 69.8%, mobile phone shipments estimated $ 1.875 billion, an increase of 7.38%.
According to Gartner, the low-cost tablet launched its increased functionality, allows consumers igogo tablet android 4.0 to be transferred from the PC to the tablet, said Carolina Milanesi, research vice president, although some users while preserving the personal computer and tablet PCs, in particular, will choose one or The combination of both work and entertainment, but most users will meet the Tablet PC experience, and has its principal computing devices.
Gartner estimates that this year tablet shipments to reach 197 million units, representing an increase of 69.8% over last year, and next year will reach 265 million units, the annual increase of 34.5%, Gartner research director Ranjit Atwal said that the growth momentum of Tablet PC, from whether with more low price, multiple dimensions, cloud updates, as well as consumer application of adhesive, and the growth of the Tablet PC, is not the only mature markets, emerging markets, consumers looking phone accompanying device will also gradually shift selective plates as the first computing device, rather than the PC.
Compared tablet PCs, Gartner pointed out that the traditional PC market is expected to decline 7.6% this year, shipments of approximately 315 million, to reflect changes in user behavior But this year Ultraombile the shipments will begin to rise and help slow down the PC recession circumstances, estimated this year traditional PC with Ultramobile both, total sales fell 3.5% this year alone, and Ultramobile shipments estimated 23.59 million units this year, doubled compared to last year's 9.82 million units in 2017 shipments estimated $ 96,350,000 approaching the level of 100 million units.
Operating system, Gartner, Android will enable it to strong growth in the smart phone market igogo comprar tablet retaining its position as the dominant operating system in the overall device market this year device shipments estimated up to 860 million units, Microsoft 350 million Apple is about 290 million units, can be expected that Apple and Microsoft will compete for the second-largest operating system throne.
Gartner also stressed, the Tablet PC is not only the price in the market device products showed a rapid decline in the price of the smart phone has become more close to the people, driven by the growth of emerging markets, mature markets prepaid field, estimated 1.875 billion this year mobile phone shipments, 1 billion smart phone last year, only 675 million.