According to said figures, the 13.8 million units shipped by the company in the third quarter of 2012 topped the 13.55 million shipped by Hewlett-Packard.
What the figures also show is that Lenovo was the only PC maker, among the world’s top five producers, to have actually increased its shipments to the US during the third quarter. This is despite global demand for PC’s being hit by the growing popularity of tablet devices.
Gartner has claimed that Lenovo’s “aggressive” price cuts have helped in gain market share, while analysts have been quick state that it is likely to capitalise on these gains in the coming months.
