Global PC shipments in the third quarter of the year recorded a 15 percent decline year-on-year. Q3, 2022 is the period between July to September. PC OEM’s shipped 74.3 million units in this year’s Q3 compared to 87.3 million units in the same quarter last year. As per the IDC report, shipments in Q3 increased compared to Q2, 2022.
As per IDC, the decrease in shipments is due to a reduction in demand and uneven supply. However, the shipment volumes are said to be well above the pre-pandemic levels when they were largely driven by commercial refreshes due to the end of support for Windows 7.
As for the OEM’s Lenovo led the Q3, 2022 PC market with 16.8 million shipments and a 22.7 percent market share. HP is second on the list with a 17.1 percent share and 12.7 million shipments. Dell bagged the third spot with 11.9 million units sold and 16.1 percent market share. Apple is fourth on the list with 10 million shipments and a 13.5 percent market share. The company posted a jump in sales compared to Q2, 2022 which were 4.8 million. ASUS completed the top five list with 5.5 million shipments and a 7.5 percent market share. Acer which was in the fourth spot in the last quarter is nowhere to be seen.
Barring Apple, all four OEMs recorded negative growth in terms of shipments on a year-on-year basis. Lenovo declined 16.1 percent whereas HP’s shipments declined 27.8 percent. Dell and ASUS recorded a 21.2 and 7.8 percent decline respectively. On the other hand, Cupertino-based tech giant Apple is the only company with positive growth YoY at 40.2 percent.
Related:
