Q2 Tablet Shipments Flat, Chromebook Units Plunged 51.4%: IDC
Global tablet shipments reached 40.5 million units in Q2 for year-over-year growth of only 0.15%, reported IDC Friday. The result was better than expected, said IDC, fueled by sales from Amazon’s Prime Day in the U.S. and similar online promotional…
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events in China. Q2 shipments of Chromebooks, the go-to connectivity tool at the peak of remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, plunged 51.4% year over year to 6 million units, said IDC. The decline was expected as the inventory buildup in Chromebooks “is still being cleared out and demand in the education sector has slowed,” it said: “Shipment volumes are still above pre-pandemic levels.” Though Chromebook shipments have trended down in recent quarters, “there's still opportunity to be had as the pandemic has brought about positive changes to Chrome adoption," said IDC analyst Jitesh Ubrani. "The need for remote learning accelerated schools' plans to reach a 1:1 ratio for PCs to students and this ratio will likely continue to hold in the future, and even if PC shipments decline in other categories, Chrome will continue at these elevated levels."