31 July 2008 – The best-selling Hard Disk Drive (HDD) capacity in the 3.5-inch internal HDD space, specifically for SATA-150 and SATA-300 drives featuring 7200rpm speed, was still 500GB in June 2008, with 24% share, widening the gap with 250GB in second position with 21%, according to data released today by Context, covering distribution sales for France, Germany and the UK.
A significant market share increase was registered by 1000GB speed, which doubled market share sequentially in June, when it reached 8% compared to 4% in May.
When analysed quarterly, 500GB and 250GB shared the top slot in this product category in Q208, with 24% (compared to 21% and 23% in Q108, respectively), whereas 160GB remained in third position but declining in market share from 20% in Q1 to 18% in Q208.
Table 1- Context - SalesWatch Distribution - France, Germany, UK - Internal 3.5" Hard Disk Drives - 7200rpm - SATA interface - market share by capacity
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Context is the largest independent specialist business and consumer technology research company in Europe, providing facts-based data and competitive analysis on technology markets and channels for the vendor, user and analyst communities.
Context tracks weekly sales to end-users of business and consumer technology products through Europe's key distributors, value-added resellers and retailers through its SalesWatch reports and services in Europe's top economies.
Following the exclusive agreement between Context and the Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) and the launch of the European Technology Sales Tracking Service, Context now provides the most comprehensive and accurate reporting of sales out data in the European channel. The data is based on the actual aggregate sales-out figures provided by the GTDC's member distributors throughout Europe's top economies.
The data mentioned above covers ASP of Hard Disk Drives registered between January and June 2008 and includes distributor sales only, for France, Germany and the UK.
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