PC
Sales Will Top 300M Units in 2010.
Worldwide
Mobile PC Sales to Reach 170M Units.
January 11, 2010—In 2010 the worldwide sales of mobile PCs are projected to reach almost 170M units—up from 28.5M mobile PCs ten years ago. In the next five years mobile PC sales will be over 264M units—a compound annual growth rate of nearly 25%. These figures could be conservative if netbook PCs exceed expectations.
Mobile PCs are gaining market share and will account for over 56% of worldwide PCs sold in 2010—a more than tripling from 17.2% in 1995. By 2014 the sales of mobile PCs are projected to account for over 68% of all PCs sold.
1995 |
2000 |
2005 |
2010 |
2014 |
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| Worldwide: | |||||
| PC Sales (#M) |
58.3 |
131.9 | 207.1 | 300.7 | 384.6 |
| Mobile PC Sales (#M) | 10.0 | 28.5 | 66.3 | 169.8 | 264.0 |
| Mobile PC Sales Share (%) | 17.2 | 21.6 | 32.0 | 56.5 | 68.7 |
| USA: | |||||
| PC Sales (#M) | 21.4 | 46.0 | 62.0 | 73.9 | 86.8 |
| Mobile PC Sales (#M) | 4.1 | 10.4 | 22.4 | 44.5 | 59.8 |
| Mobile PC Sales Share (%) | 19.1 | 22.7 | 36.1 | 60.2 | 68.9 |
The industrialized countries will have even higher mobile PC sales share. In the USA mobile PCs have grown from a market share of 19% in 1995 to 60% in 2010 with further growth to over 69% projected for 2014.
These are some of the results from a new market research reports by Computer Industry Almanac. The report has yearly PC sales for PCs and mobile PCs for the USA and six regions of the world from 1990 to 2014.
Computer Industry Almanac publishes market research reports for the PC, pad, tablet and Internet industries. For more information see Market Research Reports.