Hardware

Overall shipments have remained high when compared with pre-pandemic levels despite the Q2 drop

The researcher blamed the decline on the Chinese production crunch and inflationary pressure with all the top vendors suffering drops

Shipments shrank year on year during the second quarter despite the region being considered ‘the world's most resilient market’

All the major vendors saw a drop in shipments

Other factors such as regional uncertainty have also played a hand in the year on year decline

One analyst’s figures show the market experienced the sharpest decline in nine years

The analyst claims PCs are expected to experience the ‘steepest decline’ of all device segments this year

The analyst’s data found that most major European countries have recorded decreases

Several regions suffered from a dampened market while shipments in North America and Western Europe were up