Acer pips HP as No 2 PC seller in India: Gartner

Taiwanese electronics major Acer has dethroned American tech company Hewlett-Packard in the Indian PC market, to become the second largest in PC seller in the country. As per a report by research firm, Gartner, Acer now has 12% market share in the country, in the April-June quarter of 2011.

Dell, with 17% market share, held to its numero uno position, the research firm said. Multinational brands contributed more than half of the total PC shipments in India. The top four vendors are Acer, Dell, HP and Lenovo, the top 4 vendors, representing 50.4% of the market. Local vendor HCL accounted to 6.6%.

The combined desk-based and mobile PC market in India totalled nearly 2.5 million units in the April June quarter, a 2.5% increase over the same quarter last year.

“This growth was primarily driven by the mobile PC market which grew 17 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2011. Economic factors such as rising interest rates and high inflation costs resulted in slower consumer demand. With the recent hike in commodity pricing such as fuel and food items, the cause of concern continues to exist in the Indian market. However,  we expect the market to perform far better in the coming quarter to due the festive season which is considered as auspicious for buying,” said  Vishal Tripathi, principal research analyst at Gartner.

All the major multinational PC vendors, with the exception of HP, experienced double-digit growth in PC shipments in the second quarter of 2011, Gartner said.