Smartphone and laptop (PC) shipments will decline for the second year in a row, hitting a ten-year low in 2023. About Wrote Citing the press service of the research firm Gartner, Reuters.
According to analysts of the organization, the volume of phone delivery will decrease by 4% to 1.34 billion rubles. In 2022, 1.4 billion devices were launched, in 2021 – 1.43 billion.
The company calculated that smartphone shipments would fall to 2009 levels. Blackberry and Nokia phones were the leaders at the time, and Apple was just entering the market with the iPhone. Smartphone sales peaked in 2015, when manufacturers launched 1.9 billion devices.
Gartner chief research officer Ranjit Atwal attributed the market crash to the coronavirus pandemic: “Consumers hold their phones for six to nine months longer than expected,” he said.
The other day, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman knowledgeableThat Apple expects to create augmented reality (AR) glasses that can be worn all day without removing it in the future.
Source: Gazeta
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