While the smartphone market continues to grow, mobile device sales won’t make up for an overall decline in consumer spending this year, according to a new report from Gartner.
Good news: Global device shipments are expected to rise in 2016. Bad news: The PC market will see another year of decline, and consumer spending is poised to decline for the first time ever, Gartner reported.
On Jan. 20, the research firm has released its 2016 device forecast, which predicts 1.9% growth for worldwide shipments of PCs, tablets, mobile phones and “ultramobiles,” a category which refers to PC/tablet hybrids.
