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PC Shipments Forecast Dropped by 3% to 9% Due to COVID-19
February 23, 2020
Canalys reported that the coronavirus could result 3.3% to 9% drop in the volume of PCs that will ship globally in 2020, just as the industry was beginning to recover from 10+ years of Y/Y declines. PC shipments will be down between 10.1% to 20.6% in Q1 2020, the firm estimated. The impact will remain visible in Q2, when the shipments are expected to drop between 8.9% (best-case scenario, per Canalys) and 23.4% (worst-case scenario). In the best-case scenario, the outbreak would mean 382 million units will ship in 2020, down 3.4% from 396 million last year. The worst case makes a deeper dent, stating that about 362 million units will ship this year, down 8.5% from last year.
Figure 1: PC Supply to Normalize by Q320
PC Shipments Forecast Dropped by 3% to 9% Due to COVID-19
February 23, 2020
Canalys reported that the coronavirus could result 3.3% to 9% drop in the volume of PCs that will ship globally in 2020, just as the industry was beginning to recover from 10+ years of Y/Y declines. PC shipments will be down between 10.1% to 20.6% in Q1 2020, the firm estimated. The impact will remain visible in Q2, when the shipments are expected to drop between 8.9% (best-case scenario, per Canalys) and 23.4% (worst-case scenario). In the best-case scenario, the outbreak would mean 382 million units will ship in 2020, down 3.4% from 396 million last year. The worst case makes a deeper dent, stating that about 362 million units will ship this year, down 8.5% from last year.
Figure 1: PC Supply to Normalize by Q320
Source: Canalys