According to Gartner, global device shipments-- bringing together PCs, tablets and mobile phones-- are to total 2.21 billion in 2019 with essentially flat growth over 2018, as PCs remain on a downward trend while mobile phones are set to return to growth in 2020.
"For the eighth consecutive year, the PC market is at a standstill," the analyst says. “PC shipments will total 258 million units in 2019, a -0.6% decline from 2018. Traditional PCs are set to decline -3% in 2019 to total 189m units."
Consumers are increasingly retiring PCs but not purchasing replacements, leading to shipments dropping by another 2.5m units in 2019. On the business side, Windows 10 migration continues into the next phase as Windows 7 support is scheduled to end in January 2020. As a result, Gartner predicts Windows 10 will make 75% of the professional PC market by 2021.
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