Chromebooks, Tablets Down for First Time During Pandemic: IDC
Q3 Chromebook and tablet shipments declined for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the result of supply constraints and loosened COVID-19 restrictions that crimped demand, reported IDC Monday. Chromebook shipments declined 29.8% year over year to…
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6.5 million units globally, while tablets recorded a 9.4% decline to 42.3 million, it said. “Easing restrictions across many geographies led to increased spending in other categories, which weakened Chromebook and tablet demand,” said IDC. “The decline also stems from the comparison to a strong third quarter in 2020 when consumer device shipments peaked.” The combination of lower demand and limited supply “is likely to create opportunity for PC makers as shared components, production capacity, and freight availability could be shifted to other categories such as Windows notebooks or perhaps gaming PCs,” said IDC. Lenovo, Acer, Dell, HP and Samsung were the top five global share leaders in Chromebooks, while Apple, Samsung, Amazon, Lenovo and Huawei were the top tablet brands, it said.