Category: PC

Historical coverage of the PC market and new products by Charles W. Moore. 2004-2017.

Smartphone Sales Overtake Client PCs in 2011, iOS on the rise

Canalys has released its full, detailed Q4 2011 country-level smart phone shipment estimates to clients, so completing the picture for the year. One notable result was that total annual global shipments of smart phones exceeded those of client PCs (including pads) for the first time. Vendors shipped 158.5 million smart phones in Q4 2011, up 57% on the 101.2 million units shipped in Q4 2010. […]