PC sales have fallen 10% in the first quarter, IDC

SAO PAULO-The computer sales in Brazil totaled 3.4 million in the first quarter, 10% less than the volume registered in the same period last year, according to IDC consulting Brazil. The performance in the country follows the same trend of the world market for computers, which presented a pullback of 13 percent in the period.
The performance, in the evaluation of consultancy, is related to the increase in the prices of computers, caused by high-dollar, which raised import costs of components such as memory and hard disk. In addition, new specifications, such as touchscreen, ultra-thin devices and computers-convertible tablets require c components of higher cost. The consultancy has yet to drop a replacement of PCs by tablets.
The largest decline was recorded in sales of desktop computers (desktops), with 11% reduction. Sales of notebooks also recorded fall in the period, of 9%.
Sales to the consumer market had reduced 12%, to 2.2 million units. According to the consultancy, consumers interested in surfing the internet have opted to buy tablets instead of computers.
In the business segment there was 6% drop in sales, to 1.1 million units. Retraction less intense was explained by sales to small and medium sizes.
Fall also in April
According to IDC, there has been no improvement in the market in April, when they were sold 1.1 million units. This volume represented a decrease of 14.5% compared to April last year and of 24% compared to March.
Based on these results, IDC projected for the year 8% drop in computer sales in Brazil. The original estimate was a decline of 7.2% in 2013.