PC and Tablet Shipments Expected to Fall Through 2023, IDC Forecasts

September 24, 2022 appsky computers, corp, data, international, laptops, notebooks, tablet

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    Shipments of PCs and tablets will decline in 2022, and again in 2023, before starting to grow again, market researcher IDC said in a forecast released Thursday. IDC expects PC shipments to decline 12.8% and tablet shipments to decline 6.8% this year. It expects a decline of another 2.6% in 2023 across the two categories before shipments begin to increase again in 2024.
    “Inflation, a weakening global economy, and the surge in buying over the past two years are the leading causes for the reduced outlook,” according to IDC’s report.
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    Shipments have been down this year already. In July, IDC reported that second quarter shipments of PCs were down 15.3% compared to the second quarter of 2021. In 2021, PC shipments reached their highest levels in 10 years. Despite the decrease this year, shipments are still above pre-pandemic levels.
    IDC counts desktop computers, notebooks and workstations as PCs.

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