FILE – A man wearing a face mask walks past a billboard advertising Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing, Oct. 14, 2020. Chinese tech giant Huawei said Friday, Aug. 12, 2022 its revenue fell in the first half of 2022 but new ventures in autos and other industries helped to offset a decline in smartphone sales under US sanctions. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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“With 17.7 per cent market share, Huawei held onto second place despite supply constraints, thanks to a solid and loyal user base in its home market,” the Canalys report said.
China’s PC (desktop, notebook and workstation) shipments fell by 16 per cent in Q2 2022.
Desktops (including desktop workstations) were down by 26 per cent while notebooks (including mobile workstations) were down 10 per cent.
Both the consumer and commercial segments were hit by weak demand amid macroeconomic headwinds and a production halt in Q2.
“Demand, both commercial and consumer, was hit hard by the strict pandemic control measures implemented across the country. In the commercial space, the biggest decline was among large enterprises,” Xu added.
As well as falling demand, vendors were hit by ongoing logistic and production disruption, which exacerbated supply shortages, especially for vendors such as Apple and Lenovo.
Lenovo, Dell and HP kept their top three positions in the PC market in Q2, but all saw shipment declines.
Huawei replaced Asus in fourth place in the overall PC market in the country. Asus completed the top five, shipping 0.7 million units in Q2.
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