Global Shipment Of PCs, Tablets, Mobile Phones Will Grow In 2015

Gartner thinks Global shipments of devices, including PCs, tablets and mobile phones, are expected to grow 3.9% to 2.5 billion units this year, states a PTI report.

According to the American IT Research & Consulting firm, the number of devices shipped worldwide is expected to surge to 2.5 billion in this year and further to 2.57 billion in 2016 as compared to 2.37 billion in 2014.

The Gartner study also predicts a rise in tablet market. It cites that the tablet sales across the globe will register 8% growth; to reach 233 million units in 2015 as against 214 million units in 2014.

A PTI report quoted Ranjit Atwal, Gartner research director, saying: "The collapse of the tablet market in 2014 was alarming. In the last two years, global sales of tablets were growing in double-digits.”

In 2015, the mobile phone segment is expected to surge by 3.7% in order to reach 1.9 billion this year from 1.83 billion last year.

"The smartphone market is becoming polarised between the high- and low-end market price points. On one hand, the premium phone with an average selling price at $447 in 2014 saw growth dominated by iOS, and on the other end of the spectrum you have Android and other open OS phones' growth area in the basic phone segment, where the average phone costs $100," said Gartner Research Director Annette Zimmermann.

The research firm also estimated that the PC market (desktops and notebooks) will grow about 1% in 2015.