PC shipments declined 5.2 per cent in Q2 2016: Gartner

PC shipments had declined 9.6 per cent in first quarter of 2016 and the preliminary numbers for second quarter do hint at signs of improvement.

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Gartner report further notes that all regions except North America experienced a PC shipment decline. The worrying part for most PC manufacturers would be the fact that shipments in Latin America are expected to fall below 5 million units for the second quarter of 2016, a decline of more than 20 per cent from the same quarter previous year.

Lenovo topped the shipments number with 13,198 units while HP’s shipments came in at 12,284 units. Dell was number 3 with 9,788 units and Apple managed to ship 4,559 Mac devices.

Lenovo is still holds the lead in PC market with 20.5 per cent market share, followed by HP with 19.1 per cent market share. Dell has 15.2 per cent market share while Apple holds 7.1 per cent market share.

However, in US market, Dell holds the lead with a market share of 27 per cent while HP is second with a share of 26.3 per cent. Lenovo is number three with 14.5 per cent market capitalisation and Apple is fourth with a market share of 12.3 per cent.