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IDC forecasts decline in “With economic headwinds gaining speed,
shipments of PCs, tablets we expect worsening consumer sentiment
to result in further consumer market con-
NEEDHAM, Mass. — Tumultuous times tractions over the next six quarters,” add-
are ahead for the PC and tablet mar- ed Linn Huang, research vice president,
kets according to a new forecast from Devices & Displays.
the International Data Corporation
(IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Premium device market will grow
Computing Device Tracker. “Economic recovery in time for the next
major refresh cycle could propel some
growth in the outer years of our forecast.
Traditional PCs may decline 12.8%
Global shipments of traditional PCs are Though volumes won’t hit pandemic
forecast to decline 12.8% in 2022 to 305.3 peaks, we expect the consumer market to
million units while tablet shipments will fall drive towards more premium ends of the
6.8% to 156.8 million. market.” idc.com
Infl ation, a weakening global economy,
and the surge in buying over the past two
years are the leading causes for the re-
duced outlook.
Further contraction is also expected in
2023 as consumer demand has slowed,
the education demand has been largely
fulfi lled, and enterprise demand gets
pushed out due to worsening macroeco-
nomic conditions.
The combined market for PCs and tablets
is forecast to decline 2.6% in 2023 before Smartphone shipments (from 24)
returning to growth in 2024.
the overall reduction this year. In contrast,
Outlook above pre-pandemic levels developed markets like North America
“Though demand is slowing, the outlook (USA and Canada) and Western Europe
for shipments remains above pre-pan- are forecast to do much better in 2022.
demic levels,” said Jitesh Ubrani, research
manager for IDC Mobility and Consumer The U.S. will be relatively fl at at 0.3%
Device Trackers. growth year over year while the Canadian
market will fare slightly better with 3.2%
“Long-term demand will be driven by a growth and only a slight 0.7% decline for
slow economic recovery combined with an Western Europe.
enterprise hardware refresh as support
for Windows 10 nears its end. Educational Global shipments of 5G devices are ex-
deployments and hybrid work are also ex- pected to grow 23.6% Y/Y in 2022 and ac-
pected to become a mainstay driving ad- count for over half (54%) of all shipments.
ditional volumes.” idc.com
