The PC Market exploded in 2020 as a result of lockdowns due to the global pandemic. Even after a year, it continues to grow in certain regions. But in others, it has begun to drop as it has reached the point of saturation. Let’s talk about two such nations in this article, namely China and the US.
Recently, Canalys released reports on China and US PC markets for Q3 2021. According to them, the former grew by 3% YoY with more than 15 million units in shipments, while the latter shrunk by a 16% YoY with shipments of 30.3 million units.
China set a Q3 record, whereas the US fell for the first time after multiple quarters with double-digit growth. However, the shipments in both markets are still more than the pre-pandemic level.
Canalys points out that the decline in the United States is due to the sharp drop of shipments in the education and consumer segments as they have now reached the point of saturation. Only desktops went up by 6% as people have started moving to work/education premises. Hence, notebooks (especially Chromebooks) and tablets decreased by 15% and 24% respectively.
On the other hand, in China, the desktop and notebook segments increased by 3.9% and 1.8% respectively. This helped the market to beat Q3 2020’s record of 14.7 million units of overall shipments.
As far as brands are concerned, Dell led the US PC market, followed by HP, Lenovo, Apple, and Acer. Whereas, Lenovo aced the China PC market, followed by Dell, HP, ASUS, and Acer.
Last but not least, despite witnessing negative growth, the US PC market is expected to grow positively with the return of educational and enterprise procurement in the upcoming months.
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