For the first time ever, the total sales of computers worldwide was surpassed by the sale of smartphones, at least in terms of units, according to analysts Canalsys. In total, 488 million smartphones sold in 2011, while the PCs sold were 415 million.

But this does not mean that the PC market is dying, on the contrary, in 2011 this market grew nearly 15%, and according to Canalsys this is mainly due to the large number of tablets sold. Keep in mind that Canalsys account the PC tablets like Regarding the smartphone market, growth was higher, reaching almost 63%.