Market research firm Gartner released a report in 2013 PC, tablet PCs, smart phones and other devices shipments will reach 2.35 billion units, of which run Android system equipment shipments expected to be around 867 million units, ranking first in the world , Windows and iOS / Mac OS devices in the second and third place respectively.
According to Gartner's survey data show that in 2013 the global desktop and notebook PC shipments is expected to be 305 million units, down 10.6%, if the cross-border tablet and laptop products are included, 2013 PC shipments representing a decline of 7.3%. 2013 first quarter sales of PC products have fallen sharply, mainly due to the impact of falling demand, the second half of the vendors will inevitably be adjusted according to market demand, PC market will shrink further. Gartner research vice president Carolina Milanesi said portable consumer devices have become increasingly demanding, you need to use anytime, anywhere and share content through different products, portability has become very concerned about the performance of the consumer, the demand for cross-border flat major upgrade from the laptop and tablet computers to enhance the performance.Equipped with Intel Haswell processors and running Windows 8.1 system products will be listed in the fourth quarter of 2013, cross-border tablet will gradually erode the market demand for other devices.
Tablet PC market continued to maintain a rapid growth, Gartner estimated that in 2013 Tablet PC shipments worldwide dropped to 202 million units, an increase of up to 67.0%, mobile phone shipments of 18 million units, an increase of 4.3%. Rapidly growing mobile device market is also facing some long-term issues, the product being extended equipment life cycle, many consumers tend to buy entry-level tablet PCs, small-size low-cost tablet PC sales growth significantly, in 2013 the first iPad mini season has accounted for iOS devices more than 60% of total sales.
Throughout the world of computing devices market, Android leader to run the system, Tablet PC and smart phone shipments in Taiwan is expected to be 867 million in 2014 is expected to exceed 10 million units, significantly ahead of other operating systems; in second place Microsoft Windows systems, device shipments in 2013 is expected to be 339 million units;-Apple iOS / Mac OS devices annual shipments expected to 290 million units. Of which 90% of Andr oid system runs on smartphones, 85% of the Windows system running on the PC, only Apple smart phones, tablet PCs, smart phones using three main product areas a unified operating system.
