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To: yofal who wrote (167866)3/28/2014 9:46:22 AM
From: Moonray  Respond to of 213182
 
Devices Shipments To Grow 6.9% Globally This Year, Says Gartner, As PC Decline Softens

Analyst Gartner has just put out its latest worldwide devices forecast, predicting a growth rate of 6.9%
for shipments of traditional PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones this year. That’s up on the 4.8%
growth achieved last year.

Collectively, 2.5 billion devices are expected to ship in 2014.

Phones will make up 1.9 billion of that pie, a 4.9% increase on last year. Growth in phones is projected

to come from mid-tier devices.

Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs are forecast to total 276.7 million units in 2014, a 6.6% decline

on 2013.







More at: techcrunch.com

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