Laptop market may shrink 2.5 percent this year

Posted on Wednesday, January 20 2016 @ 15:21 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Analysts from DigiTimes Research estimate global sales of laptops could slip 2.5 percent to 153.5 million units this year due to weak demand and the poor global economic situation. A 2.5 percent drop isn't good news but at least it's not as harsh as the 9 percent drop seen in 2015.

DigiTimes also offers some predictions for the marketshare of notebook vendors and ODMs:

Among vendors, Lenovo will take up 22.5% of shipments in 2016, followed by Hewlett-Packard with 21.4%, Dell 13.8%, Apple 11.9%, Asustek Computer 10.2%, Acer 8.9%, Samsung Electronics 2.8%, Toshiba 1.7% and Fujitsu 1.1%, Digitimes Research indicated.

Taiwan-based ODMs will ship 125.23 million notebooks in total in 2016, accounting for 81.6% of global shipments. Quanta Computer will be the largest Taiwan-based ODM accounting for 31.3% of Taiwan's ODM shipments, followed by Compal Electronics with 29.5%, Wistron 14.7%, Inventec 7.5%, Pegatron Technology 7.2% and Foxconn Electronics 3.6%.

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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