PC Shipments Worldwide Falling

By: Zain Nabi  |   March 20th, 2013   |   News

The ever-increasing boom in the technology sector has shifted the consumers’ attention from PCs to tablets and smartphones all over the world, making analysts predict slower trend for the PC sector in the future. However, it has been observed that the PC shipments all over the world are expected to be even lower than anticipated in the current quarter.

 

This is because the PC market did not receive the expected response in China in February. Since China has a huge consumer base, its market movements affect the entire global market. This trend has been highlighted by a market research firm IDC, via Reuters. Previously, it was predicted that the global PC shipments would be down by 7.7 per cent in the current quarter, but now the recent reports suggest that they would be down by 10 or more per cent.

 

That noted, the forecast for the rest of the year in not good either and it is expected that the PC shipments will take a hit this year. In order to attract consumers, the PC manufacturers must come up with something new and different. IDC analyst Loren Loverde told Reuters:

 

“Even getting to positive growth in the second half of 2013 will take some attractive new PC designs and more competitive pricing relative to tablets and other products.”

 

According to IDC, the market has received a dull response in China for more than one reason. The government has cut the budget; and the current quarter has also welcomed the Chinese New Year, which has seen a dull purchase from the consumers. The declining PC market is going to hurt many companies that manufacture computers. However, the biggest loss will be faced by Intel that manufactures processors for these computers.

 

Around 80 per cent of the PCs in the world use Intel processors and decline in sales of these computers is certainly going to hurt the company’s profit as well. Whatever the case is, there is no denying that the PC market is not going to receive any boom in the future as a huge chunk of consumer base has shifted to using smartphones and tablets. With time, these consumers are going to keep on finding something new rather than coming back to support the PC market.

 

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