Global PC Shipments Will Decline 7%in 2020 Because of Recession: Canalys By Techtonic group A new report from Canalys claims that global PC and tablet shipments will fall 7 percent, from 395.6 million units in 2019 to 367.8 million units in 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic and associated global recession. According to the report, the PC market will stay flat in 2021 and will grow about 2 percent in 2022. The report comes a day after data from Gartner showed that global smartphone sales declined 20 percent in Q1, 2020 because of the pandemic. Canalys further claims that while 'the worst is behind us', the ill-effects of the downturn will be felt throughout the year. According to the report, things are starting to improve mainly because the supply chains and manufacturing bases in China are slowly returning to their pre-COVID states. "Nevertheless, the recessionary impact of the coronavirus on global economies will not be minor, and consumers, businesses...