Worldwide PC, tablet and mobile shipment to reach 2.35 billion units in 2013

A latest survey by Gartner says that total shipment of devices will rise in 2013. 2.35 billion Units including (PCs, mobile phones, tablets) are expected to be shipped in the year 2013, a 5.9% increase from 2012. But the major sharing will come from tablets and smartphones whereas, the ultra-mobiles will be at minimum.

The trend of fixed computers or rather desktop computers is declining and most of the new buyers prefer to have a smarter mobile unit. Some 305 million units will be shipped in the desk-based and notebook category in 2013 a 10.6% lower to what industry shipped in 2012 but on the other hand, tablets will rise by 67. 9 percent with shipment reaching 202 million units against 120 million units shipped in 2012.

Devices Shipement by Segment (Thousands of Units): Gartner
Device Type	2012	2013	2014
PC (Desktops and Notebook	341,273	305,178	289,239
Ultramobile	9,787	20,301	39,824
Tablet	120,203	201,825	276,178
Mobile Phone	1,746,177	1,821,193	1,901,188
Total	2,217,440	2,348,497	2,506,429

Mobile phone market will see more competition as consumer waits for better models and lower prices, nevertheless, the mobile market will grow by 4.3% to 1.8 billion units during 2013. Decreasing smartphone prices and availability of latest OS version in the mobile phones have increased the life cycle of the device. It will impact the growth as it will be slower in 2013.

In the operating system segment, Android continues to grow as table 2 shows. There will be 866 million Android units shipped in 2013 and in 2014 they will hit a 1.06 billion mark.

Devices Shipments by OS (Thousands of Units): Gartner
Operating System	2012	2013	2014
Android	505,509	866,781	1,061,270
Windows	346,464	339,545	378,142
iOS/Mac	212,878	296,356	354,849
RIM	34,584	25,224	22,291
Others	1,118,004	820,592	689,877
Total	2,217,439	2,348,498	2,506,429