> People are doing everything on smartphones they used to do on "personal computers", the form factor doesn't change that.
I don't think folks are doing programming and graphic design on their phones...
I don't think folks are doing programming and graphic design on their phones...
Obviously a day may come where people plug their phones into docking stations that are equipped with a keyboard and a monitor, but it seems likely that we'll stick to lightweight laptops for a long time.
Right now it takes about 4 years to sell one billion PCs[1]. Considering that includes business sales, a significant chunk of that includes people with multiple PCs.
Compare that to smartphones, which sell well over a billion per year[2].
[1]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/272595/global-shipments-...
[2]: https://www.investopedia.com/news/smartphone-sales-be-flat-y...
Now you are using sales as a proxy for users which is nearly as false.
People buy and rapidly dispose of phones for a variety of reasons.
They break, are lost, get stolen. Having a new model is a status symbol. Current models are supported by the manufacturer for only a few years on the Android side. Newer models are significantly better than last years.
PCs easily last 5-7 years. Decreasing revenue from new models annually doesn't imply that the users or the platform is no longer relevant.
Reports of the death of the pc are greatly exaggerated.