Apple, Windows PC Makers Experience Major Sales Drop Due to High Prices

Nobody appears to be able to save the collapsing PC market, not even Apple, as the majority of device manufacturers experienced major declines in the second quarter of 2017, according to a report from Gartner.

The PC industry fell 4.3 percent from the second quarter of 2016 with 61.1 million units, thus marking the 11th straight quarter when shipments decline. Furthermore, this is the quarter with the lowest shipment volume since 2007, the report shows, highlighting that the PC market is going from bad to worse and with the long-awaited recovery still a dream.

The drop was mostly caused by the high prices, which in their turn are the result of component shortages for DRAM, SSDs, and LCD panels, Gartner shows.

HP is once again the top PC manufacturer with 20.8 percent market share, while Lenovo fell to the second place with 19.9 percent share. Dell is third with 15.6 percent, followed by Apple well behind with 6.9 percent.

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