Two years in the past we had been resigned to the gradual decline of the PC market, to get replaced by less complicated cell computing options corresponding to tablets and smartphones.
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has modified all of that, with sustained double digit progress within the PC market since Q2 2020.
Today Canalys reviews that this progress has continued into the third quarter, with the PC market registering 12.7% YoY progress to achieve 79.2 million models in Q3 2020, the very best progress the market has seen previously 10 years.
As could be anticipated, as a result of push to earn a living from home, the expansion was led by the pocket book market, with world pocket book shipments touched 64 million models (nearly as a lot because the report excessive of This autumn 2011 when pocket book shipments had been 64.6 million) as demand continued to surge on account of second waves of COVID-19 in lots of nations and corporations continued to spend money on longer-term transitions to distant working. Shipments of notebooks and cell workstations grew 28.3% year-on-year. This contrasted with desktop and desktop workstations, which noticed shipments shrink by 26.0%. Tablets (slates and detachables) should not included within the numbers and Chromebooks are included as a subset of notebooks.
Lenovo regained prime spot within the PC market in Q3 with progress of 11.4% and shipments surpassed the 19 million mark. HP posted a equally spectacular progress of 11.9% to safe second place with 18.7 million models shipped. Dell, in third, suffered a small decline of 0.5% in shipments from a 12 months in the past. Apple and Acer rounded out the highest 5 rankings, posting stellar progress of 13.2% and 15.0% respectively.
Worldwide desktop, pocket book and workstation shipments (market share and annual progress)
Canalys PC Market Pulse Q3 2020Vendor (firm)Q3 2020
shipmentsQ3 2020
market shareQ3 2019
shipmentsQ3 2019
market shareAnnual
progressLenovo19,27024.3%17,29524.6%11.4percentHP18,66023.6%16,67023.7%11.9%Dell11,98915.1%12,04617.1%-0.5%Apple6,3728.1percent5,6288.0%13.2%Acer5,6387.1percent4,9027.0%15.0percentOthers17,27721.8%13,73919.6%25.8percentTotal79,207100.0%70,280100.0%12.7%Note: Unit shipments in 1000’s. Percentages might not add as much as 100% on account of rounding.
