Smartphone sales worldwide would decline by 2.5 percent in 2019, which would be the worst decline ever, a new report by Gartner Inc. said on Thursday. Global shipments of devices – PCs, tablets and mobile phones – will total 2.2 billion units in 2019, a decline of 3.3 percent year-over-year (YoY). The mobile phone market is set to record the worst performance of these device types, declining by 3.8 percent.
While worldwide PC shipments totalled 63 million units and grew 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2019, there is still uncertainty for PC demand in 2019. “The ongoing trade dispute between the US and China – and potential imposition of tariffs – are likely to impact the PC market this year”, Atwal said.
