PC market continue to slide in the first quarter of 2015

PC market continue to fall in Q1 2015 with shipments reaching 115.7 million units worldwide, PC market including tablets down by 7% as per Canalys in 1st Q 2015. Apple is ranked number one by Canalys, although it has seen 16% drop in its total PC shipments. Further analysis shared by Canalys includes: Apple has shipped 17.2 million units, taking a 15% share of the market. Lenovo and HP are ranked second and third whose shipment has grown in single digit in Q1 2015 and increased their market share. Samsung hold a fourth spot whose tablet sales fell and that led to Dell to fifth place. Samsung and Dell took 8.2% shipment market share with 9.5 and 9.4 million units respectively. ‘The growth drivers that previously helped the market through 2014 will have little effect this year. Vendors are struggling with exchange rate fluctuations which is making financial planning more difficult and forcing price increases’, commented Tim Coulling, Canalys Senior Analyst. ‘These challenges, combined with a softening of demand as Windows 10 draws nearer along with Microsoft’s free upgrade plans, means PC market declines will be greater in the second quarter than they were in the first.’ "The desktop category no longer benefits from shipments driven by XP migration", said Rushabh Doshi, Canalys Analyst. "As a result, we expect to see significant shipment declines in 2015 when c...