PC sales have recovered to the level since 2008, due to the impact of the new coronavirus infection

Due to the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), many people are switching their work and school to remote work and online lessons, and the demand for PCs is increasing accordingly. Against the backdrop of this increase in demand, total sales of notebook and desktop PCs in 2020 will recover to the 300 million units recorded in 2008, Reuters reported.

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Demand for PCs is declining year by year with the spread of smartphones, and PC sales peaked at 300 million units in 2008 and then dropped to about 250 million units in 2019. However, since the beginning of 2020, the demand for tablets and notebook PCs has increased significantly due to the influence of COVID-19.

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'Some analysts expect 2020 PC sales to reach around 300 million units, an increase of about 15% from a year ago,' Reuters said on December 24, 2020. I reported. Demand for tablets has grown significantly, with research firm Canalys expecting the number of PCs and tablets installed to increase from 1.64 billion in 2019 to 1.77 billion by the end of 2021.

'The entire supply chain is more urgent than ever,' Gregg Prendergast, president of Acer America Corporation, told Reuters. According to Prendergast, Acer has moved shipments one month ahead of schedule due to transportation adjustments and other factors, but some customers have been waiting four months due to delays in the assembly line.

In April, Canalys analyst Ishan Dutt said, 'In April, a customer said,'Anything that has a keyboard and is available within a week.' These urgent needs have subsided. However, people want to update their products while maintaining their needs in the industry, 'he said, citing replacement demand as one of the factors driving PC sales.

In the future, a variety of PCs that meet new demand, such as PCs equipped with high-performance cameras and speakers for video conferencing and PCs capable of 4G and 5G mobile communication for users who do not have access to Wi-Fi. Is expected to hit the market.

According to Ryan Reith, vice president of market research firm IDC, this increase in demand for PCs is expected to continue until 2022, backed by stimulus measures by governments in multiple countries. 'With COVID-19, students, gamers, and teleworkers now have one PC, which was once a'one in a family',' Reuters said.