14 DAY TRIAL // This is barely a surprise, but new information shared by IDC reveals that the traditional PC market keeps going down year over year. And the second quarter of the year didn’t produce any change.
More specifically, IDC says shipments of traditional PCs declined by no less than 15.3 percent, with companies out there selling only 71.3 million units during the quarter.
However, it’s not all bad news, as the decline happens after a very strong year when PC sales skyrocketed fueled by the demand created by remote working.
“Despite the recent decline and weakening demand, the total PC volume is still comparable to the beginning of the pandemic when volumes reached 74.3 million in the second quarter of 2020 and the market is still well above pre-pandemic levels as volumes in the second quarter of 2018 and 2019 were 62.1 million and 65.1 million units respectively,” IDC explains.
Apple fifth in the charts
Lenovo continues to be the number one company in the charts with 17.5 million sold units, ahead of runner-up HP and its 13.5 million sold units. Lenovo has a market share of 24.6 percent, IDC says, while HP is rather far behind with 18.9 percent.
Dell is pretty close to HP with 18.5 percent and 13.5 million sold PCs, while Apple is now only fifth in the charts with just 4.8 million sold devices.
“While rankings among the top 3 companies did not change, Apple did manage to slip into the fifth position, tying the company with ASUS, as production dipped during the quarter. As a result, Acer found itself in 4th place this cycle. Barring any further supply issues, IDC expects Apple to ramp up its production in the second half of the year,” the research notes.
The biggest drop was recorded by HP, as the company’s sales declined from 18.6 million units in the second quarter of 2021 to 13.5 million units in the same quarter of this year.