Spending on mobile phones – feature phones and smartphones — is expected to increase 1.2 percent in 2016, according to a report by market research agency Gartner.
Mobile phone shipments will increase 2.6 percent in 2016.
82 percent of mobile phones will be smartphones in 2016 against just 12 percent in 2015.
Local and Chinese brands are delivering more capable basic smartphones with appealing features at a lower price.
Combined shipments of devices — PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones — are expected to grow 1.9 percent to 2.4 billion units in 2016). Spending in constant U.S. dollars is expected to decline 0.5 percent for the first time.
“Driven by economic variations the market is splitting into four categories: economically challenged mature markets, economically stable mature markets and the same for emerging markets. Russia and Brazil will fall into the category of economically challenged emerging markets while India will be stable, and Japan will belong to the economically challenged mature market,” said Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner.
The global PC shipment market is expected to dip 1 percent to 287 million units in 2016 and increase 4 percent in 2017.
In 2017, many businesses are looking to move 40 percent of their installed base onto new Windows 10 devices, mainly driven by the appeal hybrid touch-screen 2-1. This will be the catalyst for growth in the PC market in 2017.
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