, [Wuhan SEO http://www.sem365.net] Business Journal (Reporter Jin Chaoli) - Once highly popular netbooks are now facing the fate of becoming obsolete due to the impact of tablet computers. Yesterday, I learned from the "2011 Global Smartphone and Personal Computer Sales Report" released by market research company Canalys that last year’s global smartphone sales reached 488 million units, while personal computer sales reached 415 million units [ Yueqing website creation http://yueqing.tuoqing.com ], marking the first time smartphone sales have surpassed personal computers, setting a historical record. The trend of shifting from PCs to smartphones is largely due to the decline in the netbook market, with sales of these devices dropping by 32% [ Pinghu website construction http://pinghu.tuoqing.com ].
Canalys senior analyst Tim Shepherd said: "The introduction of smartphones and tablet computers has rendered netbooks valueless." A report from Microsoft (Weibo) also shows that a year ago, netbooks accounted for about 8% of the PC market share, but now it's only 2%.
It is understood that due to the increasingly bleak market for netbooks, many manufacturers including Dell (Weibo) have decided to cease production of netbooks and halt updates to their product lines. Li Zhongcun, a relevant person in charge at Technology News, told reporters that this report from Canalys indicates that the era dominated by PCs is coming to an end. Although data does not support the claim that netbooks are already "dead," the significant increase in tablet computer shipments is causing netbooks to gradually disappear from the market [ Guangzhou Google Optimization http://guangzhou.tuoqing.com ]. "Although PCs and tablets are two completely different products, they do share one similarity: for users who already own a PC, they are all second devices. It's impossible to expect consumers to own both a smartphone and three computers simultaneously."
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