According to Gartner, global PC shipments registered a decline of 10.9 per cent during April-June 2013. The total PC shipments declined from 85.32 million in the second quarter of 2012 to 76 million in the corresponding quarter of 2013.
Further, the Asia-Pacific market has registered the fifth consecutive decline in the total number of PC shipments. Other markets including Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market have registered double digit decline in global PC shipments for the last two consecutive quarters. The research firm attributes the decline in PC shipment units to the increasing availability of affordable tablets which are being used in mature and developing markets. In fact, inexpensive tablets are becoming the first choice of device for majority of the users thereby deferring the user?s decision to buy a PC. This phenomenon is also contributing to the decline in the demand for mini notebooks.
According to Gartner, the PC market continues to be dominated by HP and Lenovo, with market shares of 16.7 per cent and 16.3 per cent respectively. Lenovo posted strong growth in the Americas and EMEA, while its PC sales declined in Asia-Pacific region. The company also registered decline in PC shipments to China. HP led the PC shipment market in key regions including US, EMEA and Latin America.
For the period under review, Dell?s shipments stood at 8.98 million units, but the decline in the number of shipments in the second quarter of 2013 for Dell was small than that witnessed by the PC maker in previous few quarters. Dell posted encouraging growth in the US and Japan. However, the company struggled to increase its PC shipments in Asia-Pacific and EMEA region.
Other players including Acer and Asus registered steep decline in PC shipments during April-June 2013. For the period under review the global PC shipments for Acer and Asus stood at 6.3 million units and 4.5 million units.
As per the data collected by Gartner, the PC shipments in the US market in the second quarter of 2013 stood at 15 million units registering a decline of 1.4 per cent over the corresponding period of 2012. PC shipments in EMEA in the second quarter of 2013 stood at 21.3 million units registering a decline of 16.8 per cent over the second quarter of 2012. In Asia-Pacific region, PC shipments reached over 26.8 million during the period under review, witnessing a decline of 11.5 per cent decline over the corresponding period in 2012.
