China there COVID-19 (or at least where it first appeared) is the engine of the hardware economy, as it is where almost everything is made. And since they were first affected, it happens again when the effects become worse. In this case, we will analyze the report published in it great writers for writing and how this situation will affect the medium term (at least if you intend to buy a laptop).
40% less sales due to Coronavirus
And it doesn't mean that it's small, it's about reducing your sales by about half. Dell y Lenovo There were only two captain manufacturers who sold over one million units in February, leaving the other manufacturers as HP, Asustek y Apple under this metric.
According to the report, this is due Dell It allows many of its factories to leave "fewer resources" for workers during the Coronavirus crisis (again or during the New Year's holidays), and LenovoBecause after the veto was raised they were able to resume their production 60% faster.
His, or Asus Not hitting the 1 million units sold in February, the report says they saw a decline from Dell, placing it next to Lenovo's monthly output.
Regarding HP, seems to have been the most affected, with a 50% reduction in sales in February as one of the few that completely shut down its industry during the new moon holidays (remember that the government »For companies to close because of Coronavirus, and HP, its main Laptop factory is in Chongqing, where management has always been strong about it Apple, math is always more hermetic.
What will happen from now on to laptops?
If we stick to the pre-historic precedents when it happened, for whatever reason, the stock shortage, eventually the duck will be paid by users because the result will be that prices will go up. This has been the case so far, because when the manufacturer didn't make as much money as they expected, they considered it as if they had lost when the truth was, that they received less than they expected, but continued to earn (I don't know but you be "lost" it is very different).
In any case, the guess is that once they are back in their factories they return to 100% working and get the goods back to normal, two things can happen:
- That they raise the price of boots in an effort to reduce losses.
- That they are lowering the price by trying to eliminate the stock envelope.
Whatever happens, it is undeniable that Coronavirus is seriously affecting the laptop industry, and in the end it is uncertain what will happen.
