Current ‘Prolonged Slump’ in PC Shipments Is ‘Unprecedented,’ Says IDC
Global PC shipments will decline 7.3 percent this year, about 2 percentage points higher than previous forecasts, IDC said in a Thursday report. The Q1 year-over-year decline was 12.5 percent, said the researcher. “Although growth rates for devices such as…
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phones and tablets continue to fall, potentially reducing the competitive pressure on PCs, we have not seen this translate into stronger PC shipments.” Detachable tablets are another strong “challenge” to PC market stability because “specs and price increasingly compare favorably against notebook PCs,” IDC said. With the PC market having now experienced four consecutive quarters of double-digit volume declines, “this type of prolonged slump is unprecedented,” it said.