Year 2017 is expected to remain challenging. Although smaller economies are likely to remain impacted by weak currencies and adverse economic conditions, China and Japan are expected to see more corporate renewals in the coming year, while India is expected to see another wave of big roll outs in the education sector.
According to the IDC Asia Pacific Quarterly PC Tracker preliminary results, traditional PC shipments in Asia/Pacific (including Japan) totaled 101.8 million units in 2016. This accounted for a 5.5% YoY decrease – a softer contraction from the 7.7% YoY drop in 2015. In 2016Q4, the market declined by 2.9% YoY, reaching 26.2 million units, ahead of IDC’s initial forecasts.
Shipments in the commercial market contracted by only 1.4% in 2016 as growth in the two biggest economies in the region – China and Japan – offset the impact of big education projects which shipped in India and Thailand a year earlier that were not repeated.
Thin and light notebooks with high resolution screens seem to be extremely popular among end users and are likely to drive demand for PC renewals in China and other parts of the Asia/Pacific region in the coming years.
Year 2017 is expected to remain challenging. However, the market is likely to see stabilization, especially in the commercial space: Although smaller economies are likely to remain impacted by weak currencies and adverse economic conditions, China and Japan are expected to see more corporate renewals in the coming year, while India is expected to see another wave of big roll outs in the education sector. In China, the consumer market is also forecasted to see some growth in notebook shipments.
