As noted in a fresh report IDC analysts , Middle East and Africa (Middle East and Africa, MEA) shows the same signs of collapse of the PC market, as all the other regions of the world. Tablets, on the contrary, experiencing rapid growth.
By the end of the third calendar quarter of 2013 PC market in the region for the year decreased by 15%. In November, we can say that the trend towards narrowing the market continues. MEA region consumed 4.2 million personal computers, of which 2.5 million were sold 1.7 million laptops and desktops. Analysis of the data showed that notebook shipments declining hardest - 17.8% per year, while sales of desktop systems fell by 10.4%.
In the third quarter annual sales growth of tablet in the Middle East and Africa amounted to 181.8%. In total, were sold 3.2 million Tablet PC with a large share of their devices running Android (2,39 million shares). Based on the trends already seen in the fourth quarter, IDC experts expect to see quarterly annual decline in PC shipments in the region at 14.4%.
Among the vendors of the PC market in the region is, interestingly, HP company . Second place in PC shipments in the region occupied by Lenovo company . In third place - Dell company . On the fourth - Toshiba. On the fifth - Acer. Among the leading manufacturers of tablets Samsung company , which sold in the region during the third quarter 775,000 tablets. Apple is in the same time put 693,000 tablets, showing the most modest growth among all brands - at the level of 1.6%. In the third place Lenovo company, with 206 thousand tablets. In fourth place is for Acer company (98,000 tablets), and the fifth Turkish brand Casper (96,000 tablets). In part for the high demand for tablets in the region also have to thank a number of public and educational programs aimed at creating electronic offices and classes.