Sales of desk-based and mobile PC market in India totalled nearly 3.2 million units in the third quarter of 2013, a 7.9 percent increase over the third quarter of 2012, according to research firm Gartner Inc.
The research firm said the market was driven by some large government orders in an otherwise sombre economic atmosphere.
“Consumers accounted for 40 percent of total PC sales in the third quarter of 2013 compared to 47 percent in the third quarter of 2012,” said Vishal Tripathi, principal research analyst at Gartner. “This emphasises the fact that despite the festive season and availability of various end user schemes on PCs, the market was impacted by high inflation, global economic uncertainty and limited share of wallet as consumers preferred to spend on other consumer durables.”
White boxes (including parallel imports), which accounted for 40 percent of the overall desktop market, declined 26 percent in the third quarter of 2013 compared to the same period last year. Mobile PCs, with a 22 percent year on year increase, helped drive overall market growth.
HP became the No. 1 vendor in the India PC market by doubling its market share in the country, as it accounted for 32.5 percent of PC shipments in the third quarter of 2013.