India’s PC market information highest ever first-quarter shipments

HP reclaimed its prime spot within the total PC market, whereas Dell slipped to the second place, adopted by Lenovo, Acer, and Asus tied with Apple for the fifth spot. HP’s shipments doubled to 10.2 lakh items within the first quarter of 2021 in comparison with the earlier yr. The California-based agency managed to win key clients and improved provides to reclaim the main place.

Dell’s PC shipments expanded 45.4% yr on yr with 6.7 lakh items shipped within the March ending quarter. The Texas-based firm secured the second place within the business phase, nevertheless, slipped to the third spot within the client phase.

Lenovo shipped 6.2 lakh items within the first quarter of 2021 with a development of 73.4% year-over-year. The Chinese agency was in a position to get allocations on time that helped it to register development within the client and small and medium-sized enterprise segments, the report famous.

The two Taiwanese corporations within the prime 5, shipped about 4.1 lakh items collectively within the first quarter. Acer’s shipments grew 10.5% year-over-year having shipped 2.4 lakh items within the first quarter. While Asus shipped 1.6 lakh items within the first quarter for year-on-year development of 83.9%.

Apple recorded its greatest quarter for PC shipments within the nation. The tech large’s shipments grew 335.5% to 1.6 lakh items within the first quarter of 2021 in contrast with the earlier yr. It tied for the fifth spot with Asus within the total PC market and changed the latter to take the fourth place within the client phase.

While notebooks captured over 75% of the PC class, with 116.7% year-over-year development within the quarter ending March 2021, the desktops confirmed early indicators of restoration. Desktops within the client phase grew 49.5% within the March ending quarter in contrast with the earlier yr.

In spite of registering excessive shipments within the first quarter, going ahead, “PC vendors are staring at uncertainty for the next few months, with new lockdowns impacting consumer sales, delaying government projects, and limiting supplies into the country,” Jaipal Singh, Associate Research Manager at IDC India, mentioned in a press release. “We will see a further surge in the PC demand when the situation improves in the coming months.”