Chennai, May 24, 2010 - The overall India PC market sales touched 22.40 lakh units during the January-March 2010 quarter recording a 33% year-on-year (1Q 2010 over 1Q 2009) and a 14% quarter-on-quarter (1Q 2010 over 4Q 2009) increase. Desktop PC sales accounted for nearly two-thirds of total PC sales at 14.36 lakh units, representing a 18% increase year-on-year (1Q 2010 over 1Q 2009). The sales of Notebook computers grew at 72% year-on-year (1Q 2010 over 4Q 2009) clocking 8.03 lakh shipments in a single quarter for the first time.
Table 1: India PC Shipments ('000s) by Form Factor* and Growth Trends: Jan-March 2010 vs. Oct-Dec 2009 and Jan-March 2010 vs. Jan-March 2009
Form Factor |
1Q 2009 (Jan-March 2009) |
4Q 2009 (Oct-Dec 2009) |
1Q 2010 (Jan-March 2010) |
Growth
(1Q 2010 over 4Q 2009) |
Growth
(1Q 2010 over 1Q 2009) |
Desktop PCs |
1,213 |
1,271 |
1,436 |
13% |
18% |
Notebook PCs |
466 |
699 |
803 |
15% |
72% |
Total Client PC |
1,679 |
1,970 |
2,240 |
14% |
33% |
* Source: IDC’s India Quarterly PC Tracker, 1Q 2010, May 2010 release |
In the overall PC (Notebooks and Desktops combined) market, HP retained the top spot with a market share* of 16.5%, while Dell (13.6%) and Acer (13.0%) took the second and third spots, respectively.
In terms of desktop PC shipments HP retained its top position with a market share* of 11.2%, followed by Acer and HCL in second and third spots, respectively during 1Q 2010. In terms of notebook PC shipments, HP reclaimed the top spot with a market share* of 25.9% in 1Q 2010; Dell slipped back to second position, while Acer was ranked at No. three.
Fiscal year 2009-10 saw the revival of PC sales growth to touch 7.6% (over 2008-09). This was on the back of an 8.1% decline in fiscal year 2008-09 over the previous 12-month period (FY 2007-08).
Figure 1: India Overall PC Shipments ( '000s ) and Year-on-Year Growth (%): FY10 vs. FY09 vs. FY08
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Source: IDC India, May 2010 |
Growth revives in the commercial segment
According to Anirban Banerjee, Associate Vice President, Research, IDC India, “Continued consumer confidence and a revival of growth in key sectors of the economy, led to the January-March 2010 quarter experiencing an upward trend in consumer PC shipments. The commercial segment, especially large and very large businesses, too saw a demand growth. This performance underscores a more broad based recovery in the India PC market.”
The market registered a 42% year-on-year (1Q 2010 over 1Q 2009) growth* in the consumer PC segment and a 28% year-on-year (1Q 2010 over 1Q 2009) growth* in commercial PC shipments as a result of improved performance across all segments.
"The high traction in desktop PC shipments during 1Q 2010 can be attributed to the long-overdue spends on IT infrastructure by large and very large businesses and the Government segment. Growth in notebook PC shipments was mainly driven by consumer demand”, stated Sumanta Mukherjee, Lead PC Analyst, IDC India.
“The mini notebook PC segment continued to show healthy growth in shipments, as more consumers sought affordable mobile computing. Intense competition forced a drop in prices, encouraging greater adoption”, Sumanta further added.
Note for Editors: The India PC market size, growth rates and vendor shares reported here are in terms of “unit shipments”, referred to as ‘sales’ in the press release. As per IDC taxonomy, unit shipments constitute a measure of the number of PCs shipped by a vendor to all distribution channels or directly to end users. Units are counted as they leave the vendor and are not double counted in the case of OEM relationships in which systems are shipped twice.
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