The overall PC shipments to India during Q2 2014 number rose 23.6 per cent to stand at 2.55 million units over those in Q1 2014.
However, in comparison to the same quarter of 2013 shipments have shown a decline of 27.8 per cent.
The market remained upbeat buoyed by business purchases, as well as channel intake of low priced PCs at the end of the quarter, International Data Corporation (IDC) said in a press release.
The commercial PC segment posted a stronger than against expected performance with 1.38 million units shipped in Q2 2014 representing a growth of 34.5% over Q1 2014. A clear mandate in elections signalled a mark of recovery in the economy and business prospects are expected to remain moderately better in the coming six months, the statement said.
The overall consumer PC market stood at 1.16 million units, a quarter-on-quarter growth of 12.8 per cent.
According to Manish Yadav, Market Analyst, Client Devices, IDC India, the overall sentiments have picked up and IDC observes improved discretionary spending from consumers across devices.
“It is expected to have a positive influence on the market as we enter the festival season starting Onam,” he said.
The retail and online acceptance of new product category such as Bing SKU facilitated growth this quarter.
The top three vendors were HP, Dell and Lenovo. HP rallied again to the top spot with a market share of 29.5 per cent in the India PC market growing by 82.1 per cent quarter-on-quarter on the back of large education deals in the state government of Tamil Nadu ensuring its growth in the commercial business. They were equally supported with the growth in their consumer business too.
Dell captured the second spot with a market share of 19.1 per cent while Lenovo took the third spot with 13.9 per cent market share in Q2 2014.
IDC India forecasts that the PC market looks to recuperate in due course of time.