Notebooks Lead Total PC Shipment in India in Q4 2020: IDC

Indian PC market noticed one other robust quarter in Q4 2020 with a 27 p.c year-on-year (YoY) progress, International Data Corporation (IDC) India knowledge reveals. Between October and December, 2.9 million PCs had been shipped, making 2020 the most important yr for pocket book gross sales with 7.9 million shipments. These numbers embrace shipments for desktops, notebooks, and workstations. Notebooks contributed to three-fourths of the overall PC shipments in India in Q4 2020, as per the info. Dell shipped essentially the most models in the Indian PC market, dethroning HP from Q3 2020.

The newest data printed by IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker reveals a complete of two.9 million desktops, notebooks, and workstations had been shipped in the third quarter of 2020. This was a 27 p.c YoY progress in comparison with Q4 2019, however round 500,000 models much less in comparison with the earlier quarter of Q3 2020. Out of the two.9 million models, three-fourths of the overall shipments had been notebooks and IDC says demand for e-learning and distant working could be attributed for this progress.

With a 62.1 p.c YoY progress in notebooks in Q4 2020, the yr grew to become the most important for notebooks with a complete of seven.9 million models shipped all year long. This was a six p.c progress over the earlier yr. Interestingly, desktop shipments dropped by 33.2 p.c in 2020 in comparison with the earlier yr which IDC says was because of firms shifting focus to cellular units.

When it involves high promoting producers, Dell led the pack with 57.1 p.c YoY progress in shipments in Q4 2020, overtaking HP. In the industrial section, Dell noticed a 15.2 p.c YoY progress and captures 32.7 p.c of market share. HP dropped to quantity two with its 26.7 p.c market share with 8.8 p.c YoY progress in Q4 2020. However, it maintained its lead in the buyer section as its shipments grew 47.3 p.c in comparison with Q4 2019.

Lenovo got here in third with 21.7 p.c market share, adopted by Acer’s 8.5 p.c and Asus’ 6.4 p.c market share in Q4 2020.

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