US PC Market Will Grow 10% Annually Over The Next Five Years

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Feb 21, 2017, 07:30 ET

BELMONT, Mass., Feb. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Daniel Research Group, a market research firm specializing in forecasting technology markets announces the publication of the United States Personal Device 2017-2021 Forecast Report. The report is available on DRG's website, www.DanielResearchGroup.com, or directly from this link: http://tinyurl.com/DRGReport.

United States Personal Computer Market, Unit Shipments - New Taxonomy

United States Personal Computer Market, Unit Shipments

Market Overview
2017 will see the start of a significant transformation of the United States Personal Computing Device market characterized by strong, but uneven, growth over the next five years. The dominant factor driving this growth will be both households and businesses choosing Detachable Tablets as their preferred device for both new and replacement Personal Computer purchases. The variance in the growth pattern derives from a forecasted mild economic slow-down in 2019 and 2020 that will delay some purchasing decisions until 2021.

United States Total Personal Device Unit Shipments (M)
		2016	2017	*AGR*	2021	*CAGR '16-'21*
	Desktop PCs	17.8	15.9	-10.6%	9.1	-12.0%
	Mobile PCs	45.2	47.6	5.3%	55.5	4.2%
Total PCs		63.0	63.5	0.8%	64.6	0.5%

	Detachable	6.2	11.3	83.5%	95.8	73.1%
	Slate	39.2	32.5	-17.1%	13.6	-19.1%
Total Tablets		45.4	43.8	-3.5%	109.4	19.2%

Total Personal Computers		108.4	107.3	-1.0%	174.0	9.9%

	Standard Phones	24.7	21.9	-11.2%	9.4	-17.6%
	Smartphones	183.7	196.9	7.2%	244.1	5.9%
Total Mobile Phones		208.4	218.8	5.0%	253.5	4.0%

Total Personal Devices		316.8	326.1	3.0%	427.5	6.2%
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According to Stephen Daniel, President of DRG, "The opportunity to migrate legacy and manual business processes in the enterprise sector, and life management tasks in the consumer sector, to Personal Devices has never been greater. Over the next five year growth in enterprise mobility applications that exploit the adaptability of current and anticipated Detachable Tablets will drive a significant portion of the market growth."

"Over the next five years, Detachable Tablets share of Mobile Device shipments will grow from 12% to 64%, increasing its share of Mobile Device Installed base from 6% to 36%. By 2021, 60% of households and 68% of business will be using Detachable Tablets."

A New Personal Device Taxonomy
In the report, DRG contends that the device taxonomy used for the past 10 years - Desktop PCs, Mobile PCs, Tablets and Mobile Phones - is outdated and no longer useful. Instead, different categories, focused on location and primary purpose, more accurately reflect the natural segmentation of the United States Personal Device Market. The report presents forecast tables and charts using both the current and the new taxonomies.

Primary User Benefit	Fixed Location	Mobile
Content Creation and Capture	Desktop PCs	Mobile PCs Detachable Tablets
Content Delivery		Slate Tablets e-Readers
Communication		Mobile Phones

Average Device Age Over Time
DRG's technology product and service forecasting approach relies heavily on understanding the long-term trends of key historical time-series, including the average age of the devices in use. Users accelerate replacing units when new competitive hardware or software products are introduced, and they are comfortable with economic conditions, they delay replacing devices when economic conditions worsen, or when there is no compelling reason to change.

About Daniel Research Group
DRG is a market research and consulting firm servicing technology clients. Its primary focus is developing custom market models and forecasts utilizing proprietary methodologies and algorithms developed over more than 30 years. The forecast in the report was developed using DRG's EquilibriumSolver (EQS) methodology and application. To learn more about EQS, click on these links – Fact Sheet: http://tinyurl.com/EQSFactSheet, White Paper: http://tinyurl.com/EQSWhitePaper.

Contact
Steve Daniel
President
Daniel Research Group
(617) 484 – 6225
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www.DanielResearchGroup.com

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