PC shipments declined in 2018 for 7th consecutive year

[Hamartia Antidote]

Smartphones continue to kill the personal PC.

http://clicklancashire.com/2019/01/12/pc-shipments-declined-in-2018-for-7th-consecutive-year.html

According to Gartner numbers published today, vendors suffered a year-long decline of 1.3 per cent in shipments to 259.4 million units, and in the final quarter, shipments of 68.6 million units were down 4.3 per cent in what is supposed to be the busiest time of the year for sales.

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[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Maybe lithium supply running low?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Maybe lithium supply running low?

No, PC’s plateaued as computer power is not an issue anymore so upgrading is not as critical.

Same is now happening with smartphones.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

No, PC’s plateaued as computer power is not an issue anymore so upgrading is not as critical.

Same is now happening with smartphones.

Need more people. Sell more stuffs. 10 billion. 20 billion. Upwards and onwards.

 

[Menthol]

PC is mainly for student, office, and gaming.

Seeing how much laptop producers create gaming laptop, it's because PC is mostly being used for playing games today.