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February 3, 2014 10:34 pm GMT
It’s a mobile world after all, even where PCs are concerned. Canalys today published its latest figures tracking PC sales in Q4, and thanks to the strength of the iPad — and Canalys’ decision to count tablets as ‘PCs’ — Apple has once again kept its position at the top, taking 19.5% of all sales, or just under 31 million units. Not counting tablets, Canalys says that PC shipments would have declined 7% compared to Q4 2012 — “with falls in all regions” — but with tablets, sales were up 17.9%. In contrast to laptops, netbooks and desktop computers, tablets continue to explode in popularity. Tablets alone accounted for 76.3 million units sold, or nearly half of the whole PC market — 48.3% to be exact. That represents growth of 65.2%. For Apple, it’s position as a leader in PCs is almost entirely down to the success of the iPad. Shipments of non-tablets like the MacBook were just under 5 million units, with iPad tablets taking 84% of the market. And while in quarters past Android-based devices have encroached on the iPad market share, this past quarter Apple surged again, and now has 34.1% of the tablet market, “the launch of the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display providing a much needed boost.” Also helpful: a reduction in price for the original iPad mini to $299 in the U.S. That’s not to say that Android is fading from view anytime soon. As Canalys points out, Lenovo — which ranks as number two in PC shipments with just under 12% of the market in Q4 — “was early to embrace Android as a tablet OS, while the likes of HP and Dell waited for Windows 8 and prioritized margin over volume.” That has been part of the reason for its success. “Lenovo still has the potential to grow its global notebook shipments and has emerged as a challenger in the tablet space,” writes James Wang, Canalys analyst. He says that worldwide Lenovo shipped three times as many tablets in Q4 as HP and Dell combined. Overall, Lenovo’s PC shipments grew 25.5%, but although it had an 11.7% decline in notebooks in key markets like China, EMEA shipments were up 30.4%. While Samsung is now the world’s largest handset maker, the story is different in PCs. It remains in number-three position, even when factoring in tablets. The Korean maker shipped
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Tablets Help Apple Stay On Top As Worlds Biggest PC Maker In Q4, Google Props Up Others: Canalys
It’s a mobile world after all, even where PCs are concerned. Canalys today published its latest figures tracking PC sales in Q4, and thanks to the strength of the iPad — and Canalys’ decision to count tablets as ‘PCs’ — Apple has once again kept its position at the top, taking 19.5% of all sales, or just under 31 million units. Not counting tablets, Canalys says that PC shipments would have declined 7% compared to Q4 2012 — “with falls in all regions” — but with tablets, sales were up 17.9%. In contrast to laptops, netbooks and desktop computers, tablets continue to explode in popularity. Tablets alone accounted for 76.3 million units sold, or nearly half of the whole PC market — 48.3% to be exact. That represents growth of 65.2%. For Apple, it’s position as a leader in PCs is almost entirely down to the success of the iPad. Shipments of non-tablets like the MacBook were just under 5 million units, with iPad tablets taking 84% of the market. And while in quarters past Android-based devices have encroached on the iPad market share, this past quarter Apple surged again, and now has 34.1% of the tablet market, “the launch of the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display providing a much needed boost.” Also helpful: a reduction in price for the original iPad mini to $299 in the U.S. That’s not to say that Android is fading from view anytime soon. As Canalys points out, Lenovo — which ranks as number two in PC shipments with just under 12% of the market in Q4 — “was early to embrace Android as a tablet OS, while the likes of HP and Dell waited for Windows 8 and prioritized margin over volume.” That has been part of the reason for its success. “Lenovo still has the potential to grow its global notebook shipments and has emerged as a challenger in the tablet space,” writes James Wang, Canalys analyst. He says that worldwide Lenovo shipped three times as many tablets in Q4 as HP and Dell combined. Overall, Lenovo’s PC shipments grew 25.5%, but although it had an 11.7% decline in notebooks in key markets like China, EMEA shipments were up 30.4%. While Samsung is now the world’s largest handset maker, the story is different in PCs. It remains in number-three position, even when factoring in tablets. The Korean maker shippedOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/9MTfg5je4ak/
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