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IDC, Gartner give contrasting picture of Apple Mac shipments in Q2
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IANS | 12 Jul, 2019
Market research firms
International Data Corporation (IDC) and Gartner Inc. have painted
widely contrasting pictures Apple Mac desktop shipments in the second
quarter (Q2) of 2019.
IDC said Apple shipments were up 9.6 per
cent from an estimated 3.7 million units shipped over the same period in
2018 that puts the iPhone maker in fifth place with 6 per cent share.
Whereas
Gartner Inc. said Apple shipped 3.7 million Macs in quarter two, down
0.2 per cent year-over-year (YoY). According to Gartner, Apple obtained
5.9 per cent of the global PC market -- down from 6 per cent in 2018.
The
IDC report said Apple rounded out the top 5, shipping nearly 4.1
million units. Like other companies, Apple managed to move additional
units into the channels to fend off potential tariffs. Additionally, the
recent launch of new notebooks leaves the company in a position with
plenty of inventory on-hand.
Meanwhile, both IDC and Gartner
findings have received flak over the past year, both by industry
watchers and manufacturers, suggest some reports.
Since these are
shipment numbers and not sales, it is hard to ascertain the true effect
of companies shipping a surplus of units to guard against tariffs.
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