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For the 13th consecutive year, Acer led the PC (desktop, notebook and workstation) market in the Philippines in 2021 with a 27% market share on the strength of stay-at-home demand for devices to be used for education and work, said IDC.
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Shipments of personal computers to the Philippines hit a record 2.85 million units last year, driven by demand for devices for work-from-home and online learning, research firm International Data Corp. said.
PNA file photo by Oliver Marquez MANILA - The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has driven growth in shipment of computers in the country, increasing to 2.85 million units last year. In a press conference Wednesday, International Data Center (IDC) senior research manager Maciek Gornicki said personal computer (PC) shipments last year were 570,000 units higher compared to 2020 numbers at 2.28 million units. "PC shipments posted significant growth in the Philippines but (the) spike was delayed to 2021, with supply shortages dampening sales in 2020," Gornicki said. Pre-pandemic shipments were at 2.18 million units. The bulk, or 1.72 million units shipped last year, were sold to the consumer segment, backed by work-from-home work arrangements and online schooling due to mobility restrictions. Digital transformation, which has accelerated amid the pandemic, has fuelled PC shipments to the enterprise segment at 523,000 last year. Of the total PC shipments in 2021, Acer remained the top brand for the Philippine PC market for 13 consecutive years. Acer shared 27 percent of the PC market in the previous year, followed by Lenovo (15 percent), Dell (13 percent), HP (11 percent), and Asus (11 percent). Outlook for PC demand will remain at the 2 million-unit level annually from 2022 to 2025. However, shipments are expected to slow down due to the reopening of the economy, Gornicki added. "Significant demand seen during the recent pandemic waves is not sustainable in the long term. Many have already purchased their devices for work-from-home and/or online learning," he said. For this year, PC shipments are expected to reach 2.69 million units, 2.34 million units in 2023, 2.37 million units in 2024, and 2.44 million units in 2025. (PNA) }
2020 'was a big win for notebooks' in APAC arnnet.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arnnet.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay The Asia-Pacific market, including Japan, saw very little movement of the traditional PC market in 2020, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that there was only a 0.3% increase year-on-year to take the total units shipped to 103.8 million. Desktops, workstations and notebooks come within IDC s definition of traditional PCs. The company said shipments were expected to grown by 8% in 2021 due to the strong demand and easing in supply shortages. The year of the pandemic was good for only one section of the traditional PC market: notebooks. Shipments of this category grew by 12.4%, IDC said, to reach 65.8 million units. Desktops went the other way, with a 15.6% decline.