Device shipments in India to be 300 mn in 2015: Gartner

The traditional personal computer market is expected to grow 2%, with a 9% increase in the notebook market in 2015, says Gartner

The device shipments in India, including PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones, will amount to 300 million units in 2015, said Gartner Inc. This will be an increase of more than 4.5 per cent from that of 2014.

The traditional personal computer market is expected to grow 2 per cent, with a 9 per cent increase in the notebook market in 2015, said Vishal Tripathi, principal research analyst at Gartner. The computing devices market is forecast to decline three per cent this year, affected by a weak demand for tablets.

A slight growth in the overall PC market in India is also expected, as shipments in the premium ultramobile category, including devices such as Microsoft’s Windows 8 Intel x86 products and Apple’s MacBook Air, is likely to compensate for a decline in sales of traditional desk-based devices.  

Mobile phones, including feature phones, are projected to grow five per cent in 2015. With increased penetration of smartphones and better features with declining prices, consumers in India are set to benefit.

Smartphones are potentially a high growth segment in the Indian mobile phone market. Global vendors, such as Samsung, LG, Motorola, and Nokia, along with local players like Micromax, Karbonn, Spice, and Lava, are doing well in the smartphone segment, the report said.