Gartner newsroom announces that the “Traditional PC Market Predicted to Decline 7.6 Percent as
Change in Consumers' Behaviour Drives Transition to Tablets and Mobiles[1]. The acceleration to
this is coming from the lower prices of tablets and growth in their capability. "Lower prices, form
factor variety, cloud update and consumers' addiction to apps will be the key drivers in the tablet
market," said Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner. The researchers also say that some users
will have both PC, Tablet & Mobile phone but they will use Tablet & Mobiles as their first device.
The table below (Table 1) shows the shipment of devices over the period.