According to the research firm Gartner, the global shipments of devices including computers, tablets and mobile phones, are expected to grow by 3.9 per cent to reach 2.50 billion units in 2015. The number of devices shipped globally stood at 2.37 billion in 2014 and will further increase to 2.57 billion in 2016.
According to Gartner?s estimates, the global tablet sales will increase by 8 per cent year on year to reach 233 million units in 2015. However, the report has maintained that the global tablet market will not return to the levels of growth that were experienced in the last four years. It added that the steep drop has been on account of lifetime of tablets being extended and lack of innovation in hardware, which has been refraining consumers from upgrading their devices.
The report has also forecasted that the mobile phone segment will grow by 3.7 per cent from 1.83 billion in 2014 to reach 1.9 billion in 2015.
Meanwhile, in the operating system market, Android surpassed a billion shipments of devices in 2014 and will continue to grow in 2015, with a 26 per cent year over year increase.
