Mobile HDD market Size, Share, Growth, and Industry Analysis, By Grade (1.8 inch, 2.5 inch, 3.5 inch), By Application (Personal Use and Commercial Use), Regional Insights and Forecast From 2025 To 2033

MOBILE HDD MARKET OVERVIEW

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global Mobile HDD market size was USD 15213.01 million in 2021 and market is projected to touch USD 24792.47 million by 2032 at CAGR 4.54% during the forecast period.

A Mobile HDD is a type of hard disk drive (HDD) that is designed to be portable and compatible with various devices, such as laptops, tablets, smartphones, and external enclosures. A Mobile HDD uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital data on one or more rotating platters.

A Mobile HDD has a smaller size, lower power consumption, and higher shock resistance than a desktop HDD, but it also has lower performance, reliability, and capacity. A Mobile HDD can use different interfaces to connect to the device, such as USB, IEEE1394, SATA, or PATA. A Mobile HDD can be used for backup, expansion, or transfer of data.

COVID-19 IMPACT

Pandemic Decreased the Market Demand due to Reduced Demand for Electronic Products

The global COVID-19 pandemic has been unprecedented and staggering, with the Mobile HDD market experiencing lower-than-anticipated demand across all regions compared to pre-pandemic levels. The sudden rise in CAGR is attributable to the market's growth and demand returning to pre-pandemic levels once the pandemic is over.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the Mobile HDD market share.  The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the market, as it disrupted the global supply chain, reduced the demand for consumer electronics, and increased the adoption of cloud storage solutions. The pandemic also accelerated the shift from HDDs to SSDs, as SSDs offer faster performance, lower power consumption, and higher reliability. However, some segments of the market, such as data centre and branded products, showed resilience and growth in the face of the crisis. For instance, data centre HDDs benefited from the increased demand for online services such as streaming, gaming, e-commerce, and remote work during the lockdowns. Similarly, branded products such as external drives and personal cloud devices witnessed a surge in demand from consumers who needed to back up their data or access their files remotely.

LATEST TRENDS

Emergence of New Technologies is expected to Fuel the Growth in the Market

One of the recent market trends in the Mobile HDD industry is the emergence of new technologies such as energy-assisted magnetic recording (EAMR), heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR), and OptiNAND, which enable higher storage capacities and performance for them. For example, Western Digital commenced shipments of 20TB CMR HDDs based on its OptiNAND technology in C1Q 2022, and Seagate is ramping its 20TB nearline HDDs based on its HAMR technology. These technologies are expected to increase the competitiveness and profitability of them in the long term. EAMR uses an electric current to assist the write head in writing data on the disk platter, while HAMR uses a laser to heat up the disk surface before writing data. Both technologies allow for smaller and denser bits on the disk, resulting in higher storage capacities. OptiNAND is a hybrid solution that combines a NAND flash chip with a CMR HDD to improve performance, reliability, and efficiency.

MOBILE HDD MARKET SEGMENTATION

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By Type

According to type, the market can be segmented into 1.8 inch, 2.5 inch, 3.5 inch.

By Application

Based on age, the market can be divided into personal use and commercial use.

DRIVING FACTORS

Increasing Demand for Mass Capacity Storage Solutions from Cloud Service Providers to Foster the Market Growth

The increasing demand for mass capacity storage solutions from cloud service providers, enterprises, and consumers, as data generation and consumption continue to grow exponentially. The main drivers for this growth are the rising adoption of cloud computing, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, internet of things, and 5G networks, which require massive amounts of data storage and processing. Moreover, the growing popularity of digital content such as videos, music, games, and social media also fuels the demand for them from consumers who need to store and access their personal data. These trends create a huge opportunity for Mobile HDD manufacturers to offer high-capacity and cost-effective storage solutions that can meet the diverse and dynamic needs of various customers and applications.

Cost Advantage to Fuel the Market Growth

The cost advantage of Them over SSDs, especially for high-capacity applications. This means that SSDs are still about four times more expensive than HDDs per unit of storage. Therefore, they are more economical and attractive for applications that require large amounts of storage but not necessarily high performance or low power consumption. For example, near line HDDs are widely used for backup and archival purposes in data centres and enterprises. These HDDs have a lower cost per TB than SSDs and can store large volumes of data that are infrequently accessed or modified. Another example is external drives and personal cloud devices that use Mobile HDDs as their primary or secondary storage option. These devices allow users to expand their storage capacity and access their data from anywhere without spending too much money on SSDs.

RESTRAINING FACTORS 

Technological Limitation to Hamper the Market Growth

One of the restraining factors for the market is the technological limitation of in terms of performance, reliability, and power consumption. Compared with SSDs, They have slower read/write speeds, higher failure rates, and higher energy consumption. These factors make less suitable for applications that require high performance, low latency, and low power consumption, such as gaming, mobile devices, and edge computing.

MOBILE HDD MARKET REGIONAL INSIGHTS

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Asia Pacific to Lead the Market Owing to Rapid Development of Infrastructure

The Asia Pacific region has shown the highest Mobile HDD market growth. This is because of the rapid development of cloud computing and data centre infrastructure in countries such as China, India, Japan, and South Korea. These countries are investing heavily in building new data centres or expanding existing ones to meet the growing demand for online services and data storage.

KEY INDUSTRY PLAYERS

Key Players Are Employing Advanced Technologies In Order To Stimulate Further Growth Of The Market  

All the major players are motivated to offer superior and more advanced services in order to gain a competitive edge in the market. To increase their market presence, vendors are using a variety of techniques, including product launches, regional growth, strategic alliances, partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions.

List of Top Mobile Hdd Companies

• ADATA (Taiwan)
• Hitachi (Japan)
• Founder (China)
• Western Digital Technologies Inc (U.S)
• Toshiba (Japan)
• Transcend (Taiwan)
• Eaget (China)
• SanDisk (U.S)
• Kingston Technology (U.S)
• Lenovo (China)
• Sony (Japan)
• Seagate (U.S)

REPORT COVERAGE

This report examines an understanding of the Mobile HDD market’s size, share, and growth rate, segmentation by type, application, key players, and previous and current market scenarios. The report also collects the market’s precise data and forecasts by market experts. Also, it describes the study of this industry’s financial performance, investments, growth, innovation marks, and new product launches by the top companies and offers deep insights into the current market structure, competitive analysis based on key players, key driving forces, and restraints that affect the demand for growth, opportunities, and risks.

Furthermore, the post-COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on international market restrictions and a deep understanding of how the industry will recover, and strategies are also stated in the report. The competitive landscape has also been examined in detail to provide clarification of the competitive landscape.

This report also discloses the research based on methodologies that define price trend analysis of target companies, collection of data, statistics, target competitors, import-export, information, and previous years’ records based on market sales. Moreover, all the significant factors which influence the market such as small or medium business industry, macro-economic indicators, value chain analysis, and demand-side dynamics, with all the major business players have been explained in detail. This analysis is subject to modification if the key players and feasible analysis of market dynamics change.