Samsung Or Abandoning Taiwanese Machines to Portable Devices

On June 25, the “Korea Times” reported that Samsung plans to abandon the desktop market and concentrate on developing tablet computers and all-in-one computers in the future.

An anonymous Samsung executive stated that “Panel PCs, All-in-One PCs and hybrid PCs are Samsung’s current business focus. Samsung is accelerating the restructuring of its PC business and reassessing its product portfolio. It will need to be tilted toward lucrative areas in the future.” Samsung In a statement, Electronics directly indicated the direction of future development. “Continuous decline in the demand for traditional PCs has led us to move to more popular interconnected and portable devices. The Samsung R&D team and the technical team will pay more attention to tablet PCs and all-in-one machines in the future.”

As a technology giant in East Asia, Samsung’s every move will have a significant impact on the Korean technology industry. The Samsung’s restructuring plan also means that the era of desktop computers will gradually decline.

Taurus senior fund manager Jin Yitai said: "Mobile Internet is the future industry trend, desktops are no longer making money, Samsung will become more intelligent."

Analysis pointed out that although compared with Dell, Hewlett-Packard, in the desktop area Samsung is only a rookie, but its market share has been growing at a double-digit rate. Since the desktop is not Samsung's expertise, especially in the US market, other major manufacturers are also trying to reduce the dependence on the desktop. Therefore, Samsung decided to shift its focus to notebooks and all-in-ones. Another comment pointed out that Samsung’s failure to achieve profitability due to its loss in the desktop computer business was the direct reason why Samsung decided to reorganize the PC business.

The rise of the all-in-one computer led to a discussion about whether desktops were replaced. Tablets are now popular, and both laptops and traditional desktops are affected, especially desktops.

Almost all topics are now discussing mobile products. Desktops have become a forgotten topic. According to a survey, the growth rate of tablet PCs has never been seen before. According to data from the financial network, in April 2010, with the launch of Apple’s iPad, the entire tablet market became active. In 18 months, there was 11%. The American family regards the tablet as a necessity of daily life. According to the analysis of NPD Group, a US market research company, it is expected that in 2016, the sales of tablet PCs will exceed those of desktop PCs.

But desktop computers also seem to be difficult to replace. First, desktops will never be replaced in development, research, banking, government agencies, and gaming enthusiasts. Second, the tablet is like an entertainment tool, and the desktop is more like a production machine. In practical terms, the desktop can beat the tablet.

Therefore, in the short term, desktop computers can hardly be replaced, but in the long run, unless there are new products that can meet the needs of office, mobile, entertainment and other products, perhaps it can only replace desktop computers.