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Approximate yearly sales of desktop PCs worldwide (all kinds) are 200 million per year... I can't find 5 year refresh cycles on any HP, Dell, etc. desktops or l

Approximate yearly sales of desktop PCs worldwide (all kinds) are 200 million per year... I can't find 5 year refresh cycles on any HP, Dell, etc. desktops or laptops. They tend to refresh in line with corporate cycles, i.e. 18 month to 3 years, from what I see.

brianpgordon 8y ago
Contrast with ~1.5 billion (!) smartphone sales per year.
- ekianjo 8y ago
  such figures wont last forever once smartphones are sufficiently mature and there is no performance difference from one model to the next.
  - happosai 8y ago
    The main reason to buy a new phone these days surely is "the old one broke". Being with us all the time. The planned obsolence - unreplaceable battery, glued screen, glassback etc mean phones break all the time. PCs stand still, even laptops tend be mostly stationary. No wonder my work laptop is now 6 years old and I feel no urge to request upgrade.
    - kbwt 8y ago
      > The planned obsolence - unreplaceable battery, glued screen, glassback etc mean phones break all the time. Don't forget planned insecurity two years after release through unpatched software vulnerabilities.
      - pjmlp 8y ago
        With shops still selling un-upgradable Android devices with 5.1 on them, I seriously doubt non-technical users actually care about it. https://tinyurl.com/yakmsz6b https://tinyurl.com/yakmsz6b (sorry, in German)
  - _hl_ 8y ago
    Which is pretty much where we are now. At this point smartphone sales are mostly based on making performance more affordable, and lots of marketing.
  - tatami 8y ago
    People drop their smartphones more often than their desktops. But I expect cheaper devices to take more share, since the "high-end" won't give you much benefits over them. My 120 EUR Xiaomi already offers amazing cost performance compared to most other Androids.
- zoltaan 8y ago
  Sounds like a 'we sell more shoes than airplanes so we don't need airplanes no more' kind of argument.

brianpgordon 8y ago

Contrast with ~1.5 billion (!) smartphone sales per year.

ekianjo 8y ago
such figures wont last forever once smartphones are sufficiently mature and there is no performance difference from one model to the next.
- happosai 8y ago
  The main reason to buy a new phone these days surely is "the old one broke". Being with us all the time. The planned obsolence - unreplaceable battery, glued screen, glassback etc mean phones break all the time. PCs stand still, even laptops tend be mostly stationary. No wonder my work laptop is now 6 years old and I feel no urge to request upgrade.
  - kbwt 8y ago
    > The planned obsolence - unreplaceable battery, glued screen, glassback etc mean phones break all the time. Don't forget planned insecurity two years after release through unpatched software vulnerabilities.
    - pjmlp 8y ago
      With shops still selling un-upgradable Android devices with 5.1 on them, I seriously doubt non-technical users actually care about it. https://tinyurl.com/yakmsz6b https://tinyurl.com/yakmsz6b (sorry, in German)
- _hl_ 8y ago
  Which is pretty much where we are now. At this point smartphone sales are mostly based on making performance more affordable, and lots of marketing.
- tatami 8y ago
  People drop their smartphones more often than their desktops. But I expect cheaper devices to take more share, since the "high-end" won't give you much benefits over them. My 120 EUR Xiaomi already offers amazing cost performance compared to most other Androids.
zoltaan 8y ago
Sounds like a 'we sell more shoes than airplanes so we don't need airplanes no more' kind of argument.