De acordo com o Gartner, Inc., líder mundial em pesquisa e aconselhamento sobre tecnologia, as vendas mundiais combinadas de dispositivos (PCs, tablets, ultrabooks e telefones móveis) devem chegar a 2,5 bilhões de unidades, em 2014, um aumento de 6,9% em relação a 2013 (veja tabela 1), ano em que houve um crescimento de 4,8%. As vendas dos PCs tradicionais continuarão a prejudicar o crescimento global de dispositivos e a substituição do PC pelo tablet vai diminuir.
Gartner Says Worldwide Traditional PC, Tablet, Ultramobile and Mobile Phone Shipments Are On Pace to Grow 6.9 Per Cent in 2014
Worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) are projected to reach 2.5 billion units in 2014, a 6.9 per cent increase from 2013 (see Table 1), according to Gartner, Inc. Device shipments grew 4.8 per cent in 2013. Sales of traditional PCs will continue to hamper the overall growth of devices, and substitution from PC to tablet will decline.
“Tablet substitution of notebooks will start to dissipate from this year onwards as consumers and businesses align the right device with the right usage pattern. As they do this, we will see where dedicated devices (such as tablets), or hybrid devices (detachable or convertible devices), fit in the overall portfolio of devices,” said Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner.
As the overall device market starts to saturate, the increasing pressure on margins will continue, and vendors will look at different ways to cope with the ongoing issue of lower margins. While the trend of declining prices is inevitable, consumers increasingly value other features in a device — beyond just the price. For example, new tablet users look for smaller screens and greater portability, while current tablet users look for better connectivity in their tablet replacements.
Table 1
Worldwide Device Shipments by Segment (Millions of Units)
| Device Type
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2013
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2014
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2015
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Traditional PCs (Desk-Based and Notebook)
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296.1
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276.7
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263.0
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| Tablets (Ultramobile)
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195.4
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270.7
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349.1
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| Mobile Phones
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1,807.0
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1,895.1
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1,952.9
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| Other Ultramobiles (Hybrid and Clamshell)
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21.1
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37.2
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62.0
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Total
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2,319.6
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2,479.8
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2,627.0
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Source: Gartner (March 2014)
Mobile phones, the largest segment of the overall device market, are expected to reach 1.9 billion units in 2014, a 4.9 per cent increase from 2013. The growth in 2014 is projected to come from the lower end of the premium phone market and the higher end of the basic phone market. “While the lack of compelling hardware innovation marginally extended replacement cycles in 2013, we’ve witnessed an upgrade path in the emerging markets. Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, Asia/Pacific and Eastern Europe have all upgraded their phones, which will help to compensate for mature market weakness in the near term,” said Annette Zimmermann, principal research analyst at Gartner.
In 2014, the worldwide tablet market is forecast to grow 38.6 per cent as overall adoption continues to grow faster in markets outside North America. “The adoption of tablets has been largely concentrated in the US, with the dominance of Apple. Market dynamics in other regions are different, as the uptake of lower cost, smaller, non-branded tablets, becomes more apparent,” said Mr Atwal.
Worldwide shipments of traditional PCs are forecast to total 276.7 million units in 2014, a 6.6 per cent decline from 2013. “The traditional PC category continues to decrease, with only about two-thirds of notebook and desktop replacements remaining within this category. The majority of the remaining one-third will move to ultramobiles, while others will not be replaced at all,” said Mr Atwal.
In the operating system (OS) market), iOS tablet growth has slowed in North America and Apple will need to reinvigorate its replacement cycle. Google’s objective is to increase Android’s footprint, and it is still on target to sell over one billion devices during 2014 (see Table 2).
Table 2
Worldwide Device Shipments by Operating System (Millions of Units)
| Operating System
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2013
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2014
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2015
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| Android
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879,8
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1,171.0
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1,358,3
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| Windows
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325,1
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339,1
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379,3
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| iOS/Mac OS
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241,4
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286,4
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324,5
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| Others
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873,2
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683,5
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565,2
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Total
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2,319.6
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2,479.8
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2,627.0
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Shipments include mobile phones, ultramobiles and PCs
Source: Gartner (March 2014)
Gartner’s market forecast data is detailed in “Forecast: PCs, Ultramobiles, and Mobile Phones, Worldwide, 2011-2018, 1Q14 Update” and available on Gartner’s web site at http://www.gartner.com/document/2685317.
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