HP continued to lead the overall PC market in India with 31.5% market share followed by Dell Technologies with 23.6% share. Lenovo was in the third position with an 18.4% share, Acer in the fourth position with an 8.2% market share, and Asus in the fifth spot with a 5.9% share.

• HP overtook Lenovo to take first place, with shipments up 102% year on year in Q1 2021. Constraints eased as India secured better supplies, especially in notebooks, where shipments grew 121%.
• Lenovo fell to second place, growing 63% year on year in Q1 2021, much slower than the overall market. Lenovo has avoided competing over government tenders, primarily due to concerns of bias against it with respect to geopolitical tensions between India and China. The company is focused on ramping up its “Make in India” initiatives, primarily around tablets, to win back confidence from certain government entities.

Dell came third, despite a huge dip in its desktop business. With the slowest growth among the top five, Dell’s lack of focus on consumers is glaring. Its popularity within enterprises and among commercial end users has helped it maintain its shipment volumes. Of the top three vendors, Dell has the greatest number of devices using the latest generation of Intel chipsets, which will help it further cement its position in the enterprise and commercial markets.

• Samsung jumped to fourth place with its strong tablet business. Samsung is one of the few Android tablet vendors able to cater to large orders, especially during the pandemic. Samsung’s tablet business has been especially bolstered by government spending on the accelerated digitalization of services and functions, as well as procurement for eLearning enablement in public schools and institutions.
• Apple completed the top five, knocking out Acer. The vendor benefited from having a strong notebook and tablet portfolio, which was firmly consumer-focused. It has seen its shipments grow two-fold to 208 thousand units, with its notebooks and tablets recording their best-ever quarter in the country, largely aided by the availability of its official online store.

·         “The second COVID wave has been ruthless, claiming many more lives and livelihoods than the first wave, forcing India to pause almost all economic activity. For PCs, the entire channel has been paralyzed, and despite healthy demand from consumers and businesses alike, fulfilling orders was the primary issue once again. Channel partners that have not been able to pivot to online sales have seen a huge portion of their business slip during the pandemic. In addition, OEMs prioritizing fast-moving markets, such as the US and Western Europe, and diverting the bulk of their inventory to these markets, has further aggravated the situation. For most of this year and next, India will suffer from supply issues.”

·         The surging demand for PCs led to the entry of new vendors such as Nokia and Vaio, which launched new notebook models and plan to use their strong brand recognition to tempt customers. The market also saw an exceptional rise in the gaming PC sub-category. Shipments of “gaming-capable” machines grew almost 65% year on year as the pandemic gave rise to a need for new forms of entertainment, given movie theaters, theme parks, pubs, and restaurants were closed for much of the year.

“India may soon become a major manufacturing hub for PCs, as the Indian government is planning to extend its Production-Linked Incentive scheme for smartphone manufacturing to the PC industry. The scheme is designed to target overseas players that invest INR 500 crores (US$69 million) over a period of four years in Indian manufacturing facilities for laptops, tablets, and servers to boost domestic exports and employment,”  “Manufacturers are expected to get incentives for laptops manufactured and priced above INR30,000 (US$400) and tablets priced above INR15,000 (US$200). Canalys expects most ODMs and OEMs to take advantage of this route, as the long-term outlook for India is still strong. While the commercial sector remains a key focus, PCs in education and for consumers are future hotspots.”

Types of Batteries: Choosing the Right Battery for Your Needs

With so many different types of batteries and devices on the market today, choosing the right battery for your specific needs can seem like a difficult task. However, although it might seem challenging, it’s surely not insurmountable, especially with the help of this official Battery Depot guide! Keep reading.

And, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us. We’d be happy to answer them.

The Ultimate Types of Batteries List

Here’s a look at the various types of batteries that we have in stock. Our inventory is both large and diverse, so we hope that you refer to this list for a bit of help determining which is best for your needs. 

Cordless Phone Batteries

Cordless phone batteries are invaluable in your home, office, or apartment. There’s an array of cordless phone batteries for your AT&T®, General Electric, Panasonic, and Radio Shack phones in our inventory.

Watch Batteries

Watch batteries (also known as button cell batteries) are disposable batteries that can be used for multiple different watches. We carry watch battery replacements for Bulova, Citizen, Seiko, Swatch, and other watches, too.

Alkaline Batteries

An alkaline battery is a dry cell battery with an alkaline electrolyte of potassium hydroxide that’s commonly used to power a variety of devices, including alarm clocks, flashlights, smoke detectors, digital cameras, children’s toys, remote controls, radios, etc.

Lithium Batteries

Lithium batteries have lithium as an anode and are rechargeable batteries. You can also use lithium batteries to power a variety of devices, such as PDAs, pacemakers, watches, smartphones, thermometers, remote car locks, laser pointers, and more.

Power Tool Batteries

 

You’ll find power tool batteries for equipment from Black & Decker, Skil, Ryobi, Panasonic, Metabo, Milwaukee, Makita, Hitachi, DeWalt, Bosch, Craftsman, and so on.

Cell Phone Batteries

Don’t replace your cell phone when you can replace your cell phone battery. Cell phone batteries range in composition from lead acid to lithium-ion. It’s easy to find a replacement for your iPhone, BlackBerry, HTC, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, or T-Mobile cell phone online!

Two-Way Radio Batteries

Regardless of whether you utilize two-way radios from Icom, Yaesu, Kenwood, Motorola, Radio Shack, Uniden, or any other communications company, we’ve got it.

Camera Batteries

It doesn’t matter if you’re a traveler, a hobbyist, a student, or a professional. We have the camera batteries you need for the prices you want. It’s really quite easy.

Rechargeable Batteries

Rechargeable batteries are affordable and provide convenience when you need to power up. Rechargeable batteries are available for 9 Volt, AA, AAA, C, D, SC, and many others. They’re also available in many common chemical compositions, including lithium, lithium ion, nickel cadmium, and more. Why throw your spent batteries away when you could just recharge ‘em instead? We recommend choosing a rechargeable battery if you go through a lot of batteries.

Other Types of Batteries

We also carry batteries that are compatible with laptops, household appliances, phones, e-cigarettes, industrial systems, and several other different technologies.

All laptops / Notebooks / Tablets have been included in the mandatory BIS / CRS Registration Scheme under IS standard - IS 13252 (Part-1). This product cannot be exported/imported or sold in the Indian consumer market without BIS Registration. We provide complete BIS Registration consultancy services for your product from start to end, during which assist you in all types of documentation formalities and we take care of all liaisons with BIS Office in India.

 

As indicated by the current report provoking fare situated nearby assembling of workstations and tablets can open up to $100 billion outcomes for India by 2026. Presently, the planet-wide assembling center points for workstations and tablets are restricted to two or three countries with China being the transcendent provider to the world with 68% piece of the pie in 2019, worth around $100 billion, said the report by ICEA and worldwide consultancy major EY.

 

The worldwide commercial center for these two items is Laptops and Tablets anticipated to be around $220 billion for each annum over the resulting five years while In India, the market size is assessed to in any case be around $7 billion for an identical period.

 

India's import of Laptops has expanded by 42% from $2.97 billion to $4.21 billion in esteem terms, in the most recent five years. 87% of this import keeps on getting back from China. The report noticed that in outright terms, India's reliance on China is incredibly high and it's expanded from $2.83 billion to $3.65 billion during the most recent five years. For the year finishing March 2021, India's import of workstations is assessed to prevail in near the very edge of $5 billion out of which imports from China are $4.35 billion.