Despite every indicator suggesting that PC sales shipments would fall, the industry has in fact registered flat growth in the latest quarter.
Jay Chou, research manager with IDC’s Personal Computing Device Tracker, was quoted saying:
In terms of global sales, North America was accountable for 13.5 million units shipped in the quarter. While the report doesn’t reveal exact figures for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region, it reveals that the region’s PC market exhibited stable growth. In the Asia-Pacific region, China’s PC market performed worse than expected due to “softer demand” and fewer promotions. Although Japan fell below expectation in Q4 2017, it managed to see some growth in Q1 2018.
