Survey: Consumers Planning To Spend Less On Gadgets In 2009
More than half of consumers say they plan to spend less on gadgets in 2009, according to a survey released Monday by a research firm.
Forrester Research announced 51 percent of consumers say they plan to spend less on gadgets this year with just five percent intending to spend more this year. The findings are part of an online survey of around 5,000 U.S. residents over the age of 18.
The news could interest exhibitors at Macworld Expo 2009 and CES hoping to lure buyers with the latest gadgets.
Some 63 percent of those surveyed indicated they may not buy a smartphone, possibly impacting sales of Apple’s iPhone.
Additionally, 45 percent of consumers that took part in the survey said they may not buy a PC as soon as planned.
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
