According to new data from the
"With schools and colleges opening, the consumer segment is seeing tapering demand for the past few months as demand for remote learning has come to a standstill," said Bharath Shenoy, Senior Market Analyst, at IDC
While the desktop and workstation categories grew by 23.4 per cent and 17.6 per cent YoY, respectively, the notebook category declined by 19.5 per cent YoY.
The consumer segment shipped 2.1 million units with online sales helping in picking up momentum at the end of September.
"However, that was not sufficient to prevent a 10.9 per cent YoY decline, said the report.
HP shipped over 940,000 units and continued to lead the overall PC market with a share of 23.9 per cent.
Lenovo overtook
Acer Group continued to hold the fourth position with a share of 10.9 per cent.
ASUS maintained the fifth position with a share of 9.9 per cent, much higher than the 8.5 per cent share it had in the third quarter last year.
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