PC Devices to Drop Below 400M Units for First Time Since iPad’s Debut, Says IDC
Global shipments of personal computing devices, including “traditional” PCs and tablets, are expected to decline at a 2.4 percent compound annual growth rate through 2023, said IDC Wednesday. Bucking the trend will be 2-in-1 devices and ultra-slim laptops, collectively expected…
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to rise at a 5 percent CAGR the next five years. Overall device shipments next year are expected to drop below 400 million units for the first time since 2010, when the original iPad launched. IDC’s forecasting a “splintering” of the 2-in-1 category as Apple and Microsoft “continue to push forward the detachable form factor while other PC vendors continue to promote convertible PCs,” it said. The researcher expects iOS detachables “will capture almost one quarter of the 2-in-1 market throughout the forecast.”