Worldwide device shipments in 2014 will show growth despite a continued decline in PC shipments, research group Gartner found in a recent study. It is expected that 2.5 billion units will be shipped in 2014, an increase of 6.9 percent. Taken as a subset of this overall growth, tablet shipments are expected to post a much higher growth in 2014 – an astounding 38.6%, reaching 270.7 million units. Looking ahead to 2015, the research group anticipated that tablet shipments will surpass PC shipments for the first time on record.

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