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HP leads global notebook market, Apple fourth
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IANS | 13 Feb, 2018
With a market share of 24.3 per cent, HP retained its leadership
position in the global notebook market in 2017 while Apple surpassed
ASUS to reach the fourth spot with 9.6 per cent market share, a new
report said on Tuesday.
According to market research firm
TrendForce, HP's annual notebook shipments hit a new milestone of 40
million units -- a substantial increase of 10.5 per cent over 2016.
The global notebook shipments for 2017 registered 164.7 million units -- a year-on-year increase of 2.1 per cent.
"The
global notebook market has benefited from biddings for notebook
contracts in North America and regional economic recovery," said Kou-Han
Tseng, TrendForce notebook analyst.
The updated MacBook Pro
helped Apple expand shipments by 18 per cent for the whole year -- the
highest growth rate among all the notebook brands.
"The market
share of Apple reached 9.6 per cent, 1.3 percentage points up from 2016,
which allowed Apple surpass ASUS and rank fourth," the report said.
The market share of ASUS dropped to 9.5 per cent.
Lenovo's
laptop shipments witnessed a year-on-year drop of 4.9 per cent, making
its market share down to 20.2 per cent at second place.
Dell remained at third place in the global ranking with a market share of 15.2 per cent.
"Acer
continues to expand aggressively in the Chromebook market, and its
notebook shipments growth in North American market raised its annual
shipments by 0.6 per cent. Its market share recorded eight per cent
growth," the report noted.
For 2018, the market share of the top
six brands was expected to rise to 89.1 per cent, squeezing the room for
other brands to develop.
On the other hand, Xiaomi and Huawei
recorded growth in Chinese market, but the results of their overseas
deployment are not clear yet, said the report.
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