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Friday 22 September 2023
Global tablet market, 2Q 2023
Global tablet shipments reached only 28.09 million units in the second quarter of 2023, down nearly 5% from a quarter ago, due to the quarter being the traditional slow season and sales in key markets such as North America and China showing no major improvement.
Wednesday 16 August 2023
Notebook shipment update, July 2023
Notebook shipments of the global top-5 brands dropped sharply from a month ago due to their brisk performance in June.
Thursday 10 August 2023
Taiwan notebooks, 2Q 2023
Global notebook shipments were up 20.9% sequentially and down only 5.5% on year in the second quarter of 2023, but the volumes are only expected to stay flat in the third quarter and dip a single-digit percentage in the fourth quarter.
Thursday 29 June 2023
Notebook shipment update, May 2023
The global top-5 notebook brands, not including Apple, saw their combined shipments rise over 30% on month in May, while the top-3 ODMs together also achieved a similar shipment growth thanks to a recovery in North America's and Europe's education sectors and vendors' keen price cuts on older-generation consumer models for clearing up inventory.
Wednesday 17 May 2023
Notebook shipment update, April 2023
The global top-5 notebook brands, not including Apple, saw their combined shipments slip around 30% from a month ago in April because of a high comparison base in March hiked by the brands' robust short-term orders.
Monday 15 May 2023
Global tablet market, 1Q 2023
First-quarter 2023 global tablet shipments came to only 29.44 million units, declining 17% from the prior quarter and 8% from the prior year as the market entered the traditional slow season; however, with brands' robust short-term orders, the volumes will only drop less than 1% sequentially in the second quarter.
Wednesday 10 May 2023
Taiwan notebooks, 1Q 2023
Global notebook shipments performed better than originally expected, shrinking only 9.5% sequentially and less than 35% on year in the first quarter of 2023, and the volumes will grow back 9% sequentially in the second quarter.
Thursday 16 March 2023
Notebook shipment update, February 2023
The global top-5 notebook brands, not including Apple, saw their combined shipments rise over 10% on month in February 2023 thanks to a low comparison base in January and channel retailers' inventory replenishment.
Friday 17 February 2023
Notebook shipment update, January 2023
Global notebook demand remained feeble in January 2023 with the top-5 brands, not including Apple, and the top-3 ODMs all experiencing weak on-month and on-year shipment performances.
Monday 13 February 2023
Global tablet market, 4Q 2022
Because of the weak economy and consumer confidence, tablet brands will continue to scale back their shipments in the first quarter of 2023 with overall volumes estimated to decrease by 20% from the prior quarter.
Thursday 9 February 2023
Taiwan notebooks, 4Q 2022
Taiwan makers' combined notebook shipments in the fourth quarter of 2022 were weaker than DIGITIMES Research had anticipated, dropping 16% sequentially, slightly higher than that of the global total, and down over 40% on year.
Wednesday 28 December 2022
DIGITIMES Research worldwide notebook shipment update – November 2022
Global top-5 notebook brands, excluding Apple, saw their combined shipments slip 6% on month and close to 50% on year in November.