Loading ...Google Chrome now world’s most popular browser
Chrome has overtaken Internet Explorer in worldwide browser usage
Tim Cook tops 2011 executive earnings
Apple’s chief executive took home the highest CEO compensation in 2011
Nasdaq apologises for Facebook trading issues
Chief executive at Nasdaq embarrassed about Facebook’s IPO problems
Kindle 10-inch to launch this year?
Amazon may launch a 10-inch version of its popular Kindle tablet this year
Smartphones overtook PC shipments in 2011
| Derrick Cramer | February 6, 2012 | No comments |
Derrick Cramer
Derrick joined MyBroadband in 2011 as a junior journalist with a strong background in computer hardware and gaming - he lives for that new motherboard...
| Full Profile |
More smartphones were shipped in 2011 than computers and tablets combined
Smartphones outsold computers for the first time in 2011 according to data from marker research firm Canalys.
Full year shipments for smartphones totalled 487.7 million units, higher than the total number of PCs which is 414.6 million units.
Total smartphone shipments rose 63 percent in 2011, up from 299.7 million shipped in 2012. The PC market only grew by 15 percent, despite an increase of 274 percent in the tablet PC subcategory.
The PC category included desktops, netbooks, notebooks and tablet PC devices.
Fourth quarter shipments were part of the driving force behind the impressive smartphone sales, with smartphone vendors shipping 158.5 million units. This was up 57 percent from 2010.
Canalys expect the smartphone market growth to slow in 2012 as manufacturers start to focus on profitability.
Read the full story at: Boy Genius Report.
