Demand for laptops has been livened up early in the year, in the second half of the year did not meet the expectations of experts. Manufacturers and analysts lowered forecasts the volume of deliveries in the second half and look for the reasons for such behavior of the market. Some of them assert that the demand for laptops has weakened due to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
According to observers, Apple smart phones were rivals not only other smart phones but also other electronic devices in general, as buyers, limited resources, choosing between the iPhone, for example, a laptop. The effect was even before the official announcement of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, because consumers knew in advance about the upcoming release and postponed the purchase of electronic devices.
It is expected that the impact of Apple's smartphone will continue for the last three months of the year. This encourages manufacturers to reduce the volume of orders for the assembly of laptops.
Contribute to the rise in demand for mobile PCs can the emergence of new models on the platform Intel Core M with Windows, believes ixbt . It is known that the corresponding laptops and hybrid devices cost $ 200-400 with screens ranging in size from 10 to 15 inches are planning to announce the company Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Asustek Computer, Acer, Lenovo and Toshiba.
Given that corporate users are updating the PC is not as active as before, despite the cessation of support by Microsoft on Windows XP, and individual consumers turned their attention to mobile devices, Apple, industry participants believe that demand will begin to grow until late this year or even the beginning of next year.