Mobile phones able to use 5G networks will represent nine percent of devices sold in 2021,
said Roberta Cozza, research director at Gartner. The first 5G-capable units will be sold in 2019, when 5G networks will start commercial service in select countries, such as the United States, Japan and South Korea.
What that obviously tells you is that early 5G deployments will be based on internet access devices (PC cards or dongles), as was the case for the earliest 4G deployments.
What that obviously tells you is that early 5G deployments will be based on internet access devices (PC cards or dongles), as was the case for the earliest 4G deployments.
Gartner forecasts that mobile phone shipments will increase by 2.6 percent in 2018, with the total amounting to 1.9 billion units.
In 2018, smartphone sales will grow by 6.2 percent, to represent 87 percent of mobile phone sales.
Worldwide shipments of devices overall--PCs, tablets and mobile phones--totaled 2.28 billion units in 2017, according to Gartner, Inc. Shipments are on course to reach 2.32 billion units in 2018, an increase of 2.1 percent.
Global Device Shipments by Device Type, 2016-2019 (Millions of Units)
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Device
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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Computing Device Market
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439
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423
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423
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423
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Mobile Phones
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1,893
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1,855
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1,903
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1,924
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Total Device Market
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2,332
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2,278
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2,326
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2,347
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