PCs, TVs See Strong Sales Growth During Pandemic

Across consumer electronics sales categories, computers and TV sets have grown much faster than smartphones in the past three years globally, likely due to COVID-19 restrictions and more time spent working and learning from home. While computer sales increased 34%, and TV sales grew 12% in that time, smartphone sales edged up just 1%, according to a Deloitte analysis. As a result, smartphones’ share of combined sales dollars for the three device categories has fallen from 65% to 60%.