I find it interesting that people think that the increase in phone sales and the decrease in PC sale means that people are going to go mobile. Yes there are a lot of articles that state that, but most of the articles are missing some key points.

Just as an example, most of us have upgraded to a new phone at some point, possibly many times. So with that in mind, how many of your old phones do you still use? Well, I guess you could use them for paper weights, etc. They are not much good without a sim card and a phone plan..... They are basically disposable... Phones went from analog to digital, we all got new phones. There is a new standard coming out again, and we will all have to get new phones, again. That has not happened with PC's.... Phones are also status symbols, PC's, not so much.... How many people have shown you their new (insert whatever phone)??? See what I mean?

It isn't real hard to see where this is going. The PC market has matured, and many people don't upgrade PC's now because older ones still work fine. No, they may not be fast, but that isn't the point. They still work.... That is not the case with Mobile stuff. You would be hard pressed to find many apps that will run on a first gen Razor phone. The screen is too small, outdated versions of android, etc.

This has not had basically any impact on PC's. Windows 10 will run on a Pentium, so will XP, etc..... You can still surf the web on a small monitor, etc. People will stick with what works. Not everyone needs a powerhouse pc either. This will change with the new driver models coming out, so don;t think the pc market hasn't caught on to that....

On top of all of this, every time there is an increase in PC sales, suddenly there is a shortage of cpu's, memory, the prices go up, etc... Is that by design (production, etc), or very smart marketing.... I am going to go with the latter, because even with the shortages some companies still crank out millions of PC's. How many people have publicly said "I ordered a PC and they can't get the parts to build it." Yep, basically nobody.....

Food for thought......

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