COVID-19 impact on tech product shipments 2020

The outbreak of COVID-19, also known as novel coronavirus, is expected to influence the production and shipment of key technology products in the first quarter of 2020. The forecast shows global notebook shipments reaching 27.9 million units worldwide in the first quarter, down 7.1 million units from a previous forecast that projected notebook shipments to total 35 million units in the first quarter of 2020 worldwide.

Forecast of global high-tech product shipment impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak in first quarter of 2020 (in millions)*

Characteristic	Previous forecast	Revised forecast (Data as of February 14, 2020)	Revised forecast (Data as of March 26, 2020)
Smartphones	307	270	274
TVs	48.8	46.6	44.6
Notebooks	35	27.5	27.9
Monitors	29	27.5	26.2
Smart speakers	26.4	23.2	-
Automobiles	21	19.3	17.2
Smartwatches	14.4	12.1	-
Video game consoles	6.9	6.2	-

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Release date

March 2020

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

*Smartphone forecast refers to units produced; automobile forecast refers to units sold; all other forecasts refer to sell-in shipments. The newest release does not provide updated figures for all product categories.

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