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The Middle East and Africa personal computer devices market will see a decline of 2.4 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2021
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However, the overall outlook for the region for this fiscal is that the PDC market will grow by 4.8 percent
The Middle East and Africa personal computer devices market will see a decline of 2.4 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2021, according to an industry analysis conducted by US-based market intelligence firm International Data Corporation.
However, the overall outlook for the region for this fiscal is that the PDC market — made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets —will grow by 4.8 percent, the organization said in a statement on Wednesday, June 2.
The statement quoted IDC’ssenior research manager for client devices in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa, Fouad Charakla, as saying about the second-quarter slump: “The decline is primarily due to the fact that a massive tablet deal that was delivered into the education sector of Egypt during Q2 2020 is unlikely to be repeated in Q2 2021.”
The technology research and consulting firm’s latest Worldwide Quarterly PCD Tracker shows that manufacturers will ship a total of 5.5 million units across the region in this quarter.
Charakla added: “However, we are seeing continued robust demand for notebooks, with shipments of these devices expected to grow 20.3 percent year on year in Q2 2021. The surge in PC demand that was triggered by the pandemic has benefitted notebooks the most. We expect this trend to persist despite the ongoing shortage in supply of notebook components, which is expected to last for at least another couple of quarters.”
He also said: “Looking at 2021 as a whole, we forecast overall PCD shipments across the MEA region to grow 4.8 percent, spurred by increase demand from both home users and commercial end users. And from a product category perspective, we expect notebooks to be the biggest contributors to this growth.”