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Electronics forecasts

1 Electronics forecasts on Chronopin: cited projections and data, each with its publisher, date and quote.

Industry forecast · ElectronicsWorldwide devices (phones, PCs, tablets) spending (Gartner)

Gartner reported: $788B (2025 · Reported)
Gartner worldwide IT spending forecast, October 2026 edition 2026: $847B (Projected)
Gartner worldwide IT spending forecast, October 2026 edition 2027: $916B (Projected)

USD billions, nominal. Gartner's 'Devices' segment. Projection is Gartner's October 2026 forecast for 2026 and 2027 (a forecast, not an outcome). History points are the earlier-year column from each January/February release (2022 Jan 2023, 2023 Jan 2024, 2024 Jan 2025, 2025 Feb 2026), published in millions of US dollars and shown here in billions by decimal scaling only; Gartner restates segment baselines between editions (e.g. scope and currency changes), so steps between editions are not purely market movement, and the 2026 projection starts from a different baseline than the 2025 history. Gartner's devices segment covers mobile phones, PCs and tablets; Gartner attributes slower growth to rising memory prices (memflation), so part of the projected growth is price rather than units.

Sources

Gartner IT spending forecast, October 2026 (Table 1, billions of US dollars) · 2026-10-21
“Table 1. Worldwide IT Spending Forecast (Billions of U.S. Dollars) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) | 2027 Spending | 2027 Growth (%) | Devices | 847 | 7.2 | 916 | 8.1”
Gartner IT spending forecast, February 2026 (2025 value, millions of US dollars) · 2026-02-03
“Table 1 ... 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) ... Devices | 788,335 | 9.1 | 836,417 | 6.1”
Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2025 (2024 value, millions of US dollars) · 2025-01-21
“Table 1 ... 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) | 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) ... Devices | 734,162 | 6.0 | 810,234 | 10.4”
Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2024 (2023 value, millions of US dollars) · 2024-01-17
“Table 1 ... 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) | 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) ... Devices | 699,791 | -8.7 | 732,287 | 4.6”
Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2023 (2022 value, millions of US dollars) · 2023-01-18
“Table 1 ... 2022 Spending | 2022 Growth (%) | 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) ... Devices | 722,181 | -10.6 | 685,633 | -5.1”

Projections are the cited publishers’ forecasts, not ChronoPin’s.

Checked 2026-10-28

Worldwide devices (phones, PCs, tablets) spending (Gartner)
$847B (2026) → $916B (2027) → $722B (2022) → $700B (2023) → $734B (2024) → $788B (2025)
USD billions, nominal. Gartner's 'Devices' segment. Projection is Gartner's October 2026 forecast for 2026 and 2027 (a forecast, not an outcome). History points are the earlier-year column from each January/February release (2022 Jan 2023, 2023 Jan 2024, 2024 Jan 2025, 2025 Feb 2026), published in millions of US dollars and shown here in billions by decimal scaling only; Gartner restates segment baselines between editions (e.g. scope and currency changes), so steps between editions are not purely market movement, and the 2026 projection starts from a different baseline than the 2025 history. Gartner's devices segment covers mobile phones, PCs and tablets; Gartner attributes slower growth to rising memory prices (memflation), so part of the projected growth is price rather than units.
- Gartner IT spending forecast, October 2026 (Table 1, billions of US dollars) · 2026-10-21 “Table 1. Worldwide IT Spending Forecast (Billions of U.S. Dollars) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) | 2027 Spending | 2027 Growth (%) | Devices | 847 | 7.2 | 916 | 8.1”
- Gartner IT spending forecast, February 2026 (2025 value, millions of US dollars) · 2026-02-03 “Table 1 ... 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) ... Devices | 788,335 | 9.1 | 836,417 | 6.1”
- Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2025 (2024 value, millions of US dollars) · 2025-01-21 “Table 1 ... 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) | 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) ... Devices | 734,162 | 6.0 | 810,234 | 10.4”
- Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2024 (2023 value, millions of US dollars) · 2024-01-17 “Table 1 ... 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) | 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) ... Devices | 699,791 | -8.7 | 732,287 | 4.6”
- Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2023 (2022 value, millions of US dollars) · 2023-01-18 “Table 1 ... 2022 Spending | 2022 Growth (%) | 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) ... Devices | 722,181 | -10.6 | 685,633 | -5.1”

Worldwide devices (phones, PCs, tablets) spending (Gartner)

$847B (2026) → $916B (2027) → $722B (2022) → $700B (2023) → $734B (2024) → $788B (2025)

Gartner IT spending forecast, February 2026 (2025 value, millions of US dollars) · 2026-02-03 “Table 1 ... 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) | 2026 Spending | 2026 Growth (%) ... Devices | 788,335 | 9.1 | 836,417 | 6.1”

Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2025 (2024 value, millions of US dollars) · 2025-01-21 “Table 1 ... 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) | 2025 Spending | 2025 Growth (%) ... Devices | 734,162 | 6.0 | 810,234 | 10.4”

Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2024 (2023 value, millions of US dollars) · 2024-01-17 “Table 1 ... 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) | 2024 Spending | 2024 Growth (%) ... Devices | 699,791 | -8.7 | 732,287 | 4.6”

Gartner IT spending forecast, January 2023 (2022 value, millions of US dollars) · 2023-01-18 “Table 1 ... 2022 Spending | 2022 Growth (%) | 2023 Spending | 2023 Growth (%) ... Devices | 722,181 | -10.6 | 685,633 | -5.1”