India PC market dips 6.5% to 2.5 million units in Q4 2011: Gartner

Feb 15, 2012 |

New Delhi

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The combined desk-based and mobile PC market in India totalled nearly 2.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 6.5 per cent decline from the same period in 2010, according to research firm Gartner.

"The hard-disk drive (HDD) shortage due to the floods in Thailand significantly impacted the desktop market which declined 18 per cent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2011," Gartner Principal Research Analyst Vishal Tripathi said in a statement.

In Q4 2011, Dell recorded 11 per cent growth in shipment, taking its market share to 15.5 per cent. Lenovo, whose shipment recorded 28 per cent growth, saw its market share expanding significantly to 13.1 per cent from 9.6 per cent in Q4 2010.

HP's market share declined to 12.4 per cent in Q4 2011 from 15.8 per cent in the same period last year, while Acer's share increased to 12.1 per cent in the quarter under review.

Multinational brands contributed more than half of the total PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2011 with shipments from Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo, representing 53.1 per cent of the market.

Local vendor HCL accounted for 5.5 per cent of PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2011, with 34 per cent year-on-year decline from the fourth quarter of 2010.

"White boxes (including parallel import), which accounted for 45 per cent of the overall desktop market, registered a 32 per cent decline in the quarter compared to Q4 2010. Mobile PCs, with a 12 per cent increase from the fourth quarter of 2010, were able to stop a further decline of the PC market," Tripathi said.

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