Pent-up demand and new offerings from original equipment makers pushed computer hardware sales up by 24% in July-September (third quarter of 2009) over the April-June 2009 quarter, indicating continued improvement in the economic sentiment.
However, sales were down 3.1% when compared with the same quarter in the previous fiscal. As per the latest market survey figures put out by leading IT research firm IDC, computer sales touched 21.9 lakh units, with desktops continuing to stand their ground against notebook PCs with a two-third share and a sequential growth of 15.2% at 14.6 lakh units. However, compared with the same quarter last year desktop sales were down 6%.
But, notebooks, including the new generation netbooks, at 7.31 lakh units grew a whopping 46% sequentially and 5% year-on-year primarily on the back of increased demand from the consumersegment. This is the first time notebooks have crossed the 7 lakh unit mark.
“The performance underlines the recovery in the India personal computer market,” Kapil Dev Singh, country manager of IDC India. While HP retained its top slot with a market share of 17.1%, Dell emerged as the number two player with a market share of 11.3% piping Acer’s 11.1%.
This is the largest ever jump for Dell in market share in a quarter signifying a 17% growth, Sameer Garde, country general manager, Dell India, told DNA Money. A large proportion of the company’s growth came from consumer notebooks business, he said.
However, in desktops, HP, which had a market share of 12.2%, was followed by HCL and Acer, respectively in the second and third spots. HP retained the top spot in notebooks, too.
“Though the consumer PC segment recorded a faster 28% growth, industry will need to watch how the recovery in consumer PC shipments unfolds in the quarters ahead,” IDC’s Singh said.
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