Netbooks are likely to withdraw from the stage of history: 32% drop in sales

The once-hot netbook is under the impact of tablet computers and is facing the fate of exiting the stage of history.

The reporter learned from the 2011 Global Smartphone and Personal Computer Sales Report released by the market research company Canalys that the global smartphone sales amounted to 486 million units and personal computer sales to 415 million units last year. Smartphone sales surpassed for the first time Personal computer, set a record. The shift from PCs to smartphones is largely due to the decline in the netbook market, and the sales of such devices have fallen by 32%.

Canalys senior analyst Tim Shefford said: "The launch of smartphones and tablets has made netbooks worthless." And Microsoft's report also shows that netbooks accounted for about 8% of the PC market a year ago, but now The next 2% of the market.

It is understood that due to the downturn in the Internet market, many manufacturers including Dell have decided to stop production of netbooks and stop the update of the netbook product line. Li Zhongcun, the person in charge of the science and technology news, told reporters that the report of Canalis showed that the era of PC's dominance is coming to an end. Although the data does not support the saying that netbooks have been "dead", the shipment of tablet PCs has greatly increased and netbooks are gradually disappearing in the market. "Although PCs and Pads are two completely different products, there is one thing in common: For those who already own a PC, they are second devices. You cannot have consumers with both a smartphone and three computers at the same time."