Global sales of desktop computers, tablets and mobile phones are expected to decline by 13.6 percent during 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the forecast of Gartner, a company that monitors the sale of devices, one billion and 90 million devices are likely to be sold this year.
Computer sales are expected to fall 10.5 percent this year, but Gartner says it could be even worse, while an increase in the trend toward working from home could lead to increased use of notebooks, tablets and Chromebook devices. .
Ranjit Atwal, senior research director at Gartner, said, “Government lockdowns due to Covid-19 have forced millions of people from companies and educational institutions to work from home and on their behalf to provide staff with notebooks, Spending on purchasing Chromebooks and tablets’.
The company also predicted that mobile phone sales could decline by 14.6 percent.
In this regard, Ranjit Atwal said, “Though during the lockdown, there has been an increase in the number of contacts with office colleagues, friends and family, but as a result of the decrease in income, fewer people will prefer to buy new phones.”
This trend can be seen in 5G phones, although cheaper 5G phones may grab people’s attention, but in 2020, 5G phone sales are expected to account for 11% of total sales.
Earlier, the smartphone market experienced its biggest decline in history during the first quarter of 2020.
Smartphone market researcher IDC estimates released earlier this month showed a 11.7 percent decline in smartphone sales between January and March compared to the same period last year.
This decrease was expected because first China became the center of this epidemic and there was a lockdown in several cities, after which the virus spread around the world and now many countries are locked down.
China alone, which supplies 25 percent of the number of phones sold worldwide, fell to 20 percent during the quarter, while phone sales in Western Europe fell by 18.3 percent and in the United States by 16.1 percent. .
Overall, 27.58 million phones were sold during the quarter and for the first time since 2014, the number of phones sold in a quarter fell below 30 million.
This year was expected to see a boom in the smartphone market due to 5G and the diversification of foldable phones, but due to financial difficulties and Covid-19, smartphone companies have reduced the production of the devices. .
According to experts, the demand for new phones has decreased drastically and almost half of the world is in lockdown, which has resulted in the sales of the devices being very low. No need.
During this quarter, Samsung once again claimed the honor of being the company that sold the most smartphones globally.
Earlier, during the last quarter of 2019, Apple beat Samsung in the sales of phones.
During October to December 2019, Apple shipped 70.7 million iPhones worldwide, compared to 68.8 million Samsung smartphones during the period.
In comparison, Samsung sold 58.3 million phones in the January-March period and reasserted its dominance with a 21.1 percent share, although sales also fell by more than 18 percent.
After that, Huawei jumped from third to second place with 17.8 percent market share, while Apple moved from first to third place with 13 percent market share.
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2024-08-20 23:22:38
