Due to the special market environment, PCs and tablets have achieved the largest growth in ten years in the past three years, and Canalys released a report that global PC shipments will continue to grow. According to the latest data, global PC shipments in 2021 will be about 341 million units, which is the largest shipment of Ali In 2012, up 15% and 27% respectively compared with 2020 and 2019.
Specific to manufacturers, Lenovo's shipments accounted for 24.1% of the global share, ranking first in the world; HP ranked second, with shipments of 74.1 million units and a market share of 21.7%; then Dell (shipments of 59.3 million units), Apple (29 million units), Acer (24.4 million units), the market share of 17.4%, 8.5%, 7.1%, Asus fell out of the top five.
Today, the PC market is still growing, mainly due to the rapid popularization of remote office, mobile office and other scenarios, so that the sales of notebooks, mobile workstations, desktops have soared. The data shows that the growth of PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2021 is not large, compared with the same period in 2020, only 1%, which shows that the PC market shipments in 2021 hit a new high mainly in the first three quarters, considering that the first three quarters include the 618 shopping festival and the opening semester of colleges and universities, most consumers will choose to buy PC products at this stage.
From the overall market point of view, the biggest winner is undoubtedly Lenovo, with the current market share and shipments, the status and influence in the PC market field can be described as unshakable. However, it should be noted that Lenovo's market share has decreased by 0.3 percentage points compared to 2021, which seems to mean that the growth rate of other brands has exceeded the former, among the top five brands in the world, Lenovo's year-on-year growth rate ranks fourth, only a little higher than HP, considering that there are still changes in the PC market today, Lenovo must pay more attention!
In addition to Lenovo, it is worth noting Apple, which has become the most growing brand among the top five manufacturers in the world. In the fourth quarter of 2021, Apple's shipments were 7.81 million units, ranking fourth, but it increased by 9% year-on-year, while overall, shipments were 28.958 million units, an increase of 28.3% year-on-year, and the market share also increased from 7.6% in 2020 to 8.5%. In contrast, the market share of Lenovo and HP has declined, and the old brand ASUS has been reduced to others. From this point of view, Apple's M1 chip is in effect, its excellent performance and power consumption performance has won people's love, and long-term development will form a pressure on other brands.
All in all, according to the current environment, remote work, home office will still be the norm in the next few years, the demand for PC equipment is still very high, in 2022, global PC shipments should be on a higher level, the ranking of PC market manufacturers may also play a change.
So, do you think Lenovo can continue to be number one in 2022?