The Chromebook market is booming; HP in the lead
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Global Chromebook market grows by over 4 times, HP leads
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To give a push to its Atmanirbhar Bharat policy, the Centre on Monday unveiled a revised Customs duty structure that will effectively increase duties on a wide range of items. The upward revision in rates, effective from Tuesday itself, are intended to curb import of auto components and agri produce. In sectors like electronics, they may lead to further price hikes in the coming months. In the Budget for 2021-22, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced higher import duty rates on over a dozen handset and automobile components. Key electronic components like printed circuit board assembly, camera module and connectors will now attract 2.5 per cent duty.
Chromebooks continued to sell like hotcakes in Q4 2020
Laptops powered by Google s nifty Chrome OS have proven to be great machines for students or just about anyone looking for a reliable and affordable laptop for day-to-day computing needs. The incredible growth witnessed by the Chromebook market in Q3 2020 is a testament to their usefulness in a world that s been rattled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Continuing this blistering growth, the market has quadrupled in Q4 2020 over the same period a year ago.
According to data compiled by research firm
Canalys, 11.2 million Chromebooks were shipped alone in the last quarter of 2020 a massive jump from the 2.9 million units in the last quarter of 2019. Similar to Q3 2020, HP led the growth in Q4 2020 by shipping 3.5 million units.