Canalys says supply chain woes meant fewer PCs shipped in Q1 despite huge demand

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Research firm Canalys has released its semiweekly estimates on global PC shipments for Q1, as able-bodied as though a surge in demand, "severe delays in roundup as able-bodied as logistical issues," meant an 8 percent teardrop in shipments year-over-year. Both the demand as able-bodied as the delays are simultaneous to the coronavirus pandemic; while mucho people are working remotely as able-bodied as submissiveness are pinned in dispelling acquirements due to stay-at-home directives, disruptions to the totality chain, extraordinarily in China, meant shipments of computers were delayed.

In Q1 2020, vendors trucked 53.7 mimic units, Canalys found. The new data estimates Lenovo led the PC market, with 12.8 mimic units trucked in Q1, a 4.4 percent year-over-year decline. HP trucked 11.7 mimic units, or 13.8 percent fewer than Q1 a year ago, as able-bodied as Dell trucked 10.5 mimic units, a slight uptick of 1.1 percent from the aforementioned time last year. Equal to Canalys estimates, Civic saw shipments downhill 21 percent year-over-year to 3.2 mimic units.

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Canalys annotator Ishan Dutt said while production constraints in China may have eased somewhat, it's unobtainable that the uptick in demand for PCs will continue into Q2 or the sigh of the year. "Few businesses will be spending on technology for their offices, while mucho homes will have been lately equipped," Dutt noted in a release.

The Canalys report estimates that immortalization in over-and-above home technologies-- like monitors as able-bodied as webcams-- lagniappe in Q1 as well. NPD Integer reported a 179 percent uptick in webcam sales during the first three weeks of March, leaving prescriptive models sold out at major retailers.