{"id":12598,"date":"2019-07-22T16:59:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/?p=12598"},"modified":"2019-07-22T16:59:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:29:15","slug":"gartner-says-global-device-shipments-will-decline-3-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/gartner-says-global-device-shipments-will-decline-3-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Gartner Says Global Device Shipments Will Decline 3% in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2022 5G Phone Sales to Represent 6% of Total Mobile Phone Sales in 2020 and Reach 51% by 2023<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Worldwide shipments of devices \u2014 PCs, tablets and mobile phones \u2014 will total 2.2 billion units in 2019, a decline of 3.3% year over year, according to Gartner, Inc.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The mobile phone market is set to record the worst performance of these device types, declining by 3.8% (see Table 1). \u201cThe current mobile phone market of 1.7 billion shipments is around 10% below the 1.9 billion shipments reached in 2015,\u201d said\u00a0Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner.<\/strong> \u201cIf mobile phones don\u2019t provide significant new utility, efficiency or experiences, users won\u2019t upgrade them, and will consequently increase these devices\u2019 life spans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Worldwide Device Shipments by Device Type, 2018-2021 (Millions of Units<\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Device Type<\/span><\/td>\n2018<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2019<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2020<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2021<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Traditional PCs (Desk-Based and Notebook)<\/span><\/td>\n195.3<\/span><\/td>\n187.2<\/span><\/td>\n177.5<\/span><\/td>\n171.2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ultramobiles (Premium)<\/span><\/td>\n64.4<\/span><\/td>\n69.8<\/span><\/td>\n75.2<\/span><\/td>\n81.4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total PC Market<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n259.7<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n257.0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n252.7<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n252.6<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ultramobiles (Basic and Utility)<\/span><\/td>\n149.6<\/span><\/td>\n146.1<\/span><\/td>\n144.6<\/span><\/td>\n142.4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Computing Device Market<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n409.3<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n403.1<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n397.3<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n395.0<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mobile Phones<\/span><\/td>\n1,813.4<\/span><\/td>\n1,745.4<\/span><\/td>\n1,771.1<\/span><\/td>\n1,762.6<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Device Market<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2,222.7<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2,148.5<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2,168.4<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n2,157.6<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source : Gartner (July 2019)<\/span><\/p>\n

The trend for lengthening mobile phone life span began in 2018 and will continue through 2019. Gartner predicts that high-end phone life span will increase from 2.6 years to nearly 2.9 years through 2023. Gartner estimates that sales of smartphones will decline by 2.5% in 2019, which would be the worst decline ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

5G Phones to Represent 51% of Total Phone Sales in 2023<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, mobile operators launched 5G services in parts of the U.S., South Korea, Switzerland, Finland and the U.K., but it will take time for carriers to expand 5G coverage beyond major cities.<\/span><\/p>\n

By 2020, Gartner estimates that 7% of global communications service providers will have a commercially viable wireless 5G service. This will mark significant progress from 5G proofs of concept and commercial network construction work in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the first half of 2019, several phone manufacturers released 5G-enabled smartphones. To improve slowing smartphone sales, mobile manufacturers are looking to introduce more affordable 5G-enabled phones in 2020. \u201cIn 2020, 5G-capable phones will represent 6% of total sales of phones. As 5G service coverage increases, user experience will improve and prices will decrease. The leap will occur in 2023 when we expect 5G phones to account for 51% of phone sales,\u201d said Mr. Atwal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Product managers should ensure high-end phones are differentiated by application integration with other devices, rather than relying just on 5G hardware evolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contraction of the PC Market in 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

While worldwide PC shipments totaled 63 million units<\/a>\u00a0and grew 1.5% in the second quarter of 2019, there is still uncertainty for PC demand in 2019. PC shipments are estimated to total 257 million units in 2019, a 1% decline from 2018. \u201cThe ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China \u2014 and potential imposition of tariffs \u2013 are likely to impact the PC market this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Following a strong Windows 10 migration among businesses in the second quarter of 2019, Gartner analysts maintain that 75% of the business PC installed base will have migrated to Windows 10 by the beginning of 2021. \u201cProduct managers need to continue promoting the end of Windows 7 support in 2020 as an incentive to migrate to Windows 10,\u201d concluded Mr. Atwal.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2022 5G Phone Sales to Represent 6% of Total Mobile Phone Sales in 2020 and Reach 51% by 2023 \u2022 Worldwide shipments of devices \u2014 PCs, tablets and mobile phones \u2014 will total 2.2 billion units in 2019, a decline of 3.3% year over year, according to Gartner, Inc.\u00a0 The mobile phone market is set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6850,5714],"class_list":{"0":"post-12598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-gartner-says-global-device-shipments-will-decline-3-in-2019","9":"tag-worldwide-device-shipments-by-device-type"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}