Global PC Shipments Saw Sharpest Decline In Nine Years: Report
A recent report has said that the worldwide PC shipments clocked 72 million units in Q2 2022, which is a 12.6 per cent dip in comparison with second quarter of 2021.
The preliminary report from Gartner suggests that global PC shipments saw its biggest decline in last nine years. The dip was due to the current “geopolitical, economic and supply chain challenges” plaguing the markets globally.
According to the report, top three PC vendors including Lenovo, HP and Dell also saw their shipments decline during Q2 2022. HP saw the sharpest dip among the top three with 27.5 per cent decline, while Dell and Lenovo saw their PC shipments go down by 5.2 per cent and 12.5 per cent, respectively.
“The decline we saw in the first quarter of 2022 has accelerated in the second quarter, driven by the ongoing geopolitical instability caused by the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, inflationary pressure on spending and a steep downturn in demand for Chromebooks”, said Mikako Kitagawa, research director at Gartner.
“Supply chain disruptions also continued, but the major cause of PC delivery delays changed from component shortages to logistics disruptions. Enterprise buyers continued to experience longer PC delivery times than usual, but the lead times began to improve by the end of the second quarter, partially because key cities in China reopened in the middle of the quarter”, he added.
Region-wise, EMEA PC market saw the sharpest decline in the Q2 2022 with 18 per cent dip, while APAC and US markets declined by 5.2 per cent and 17.5 per cent.
