Lenovo stopped selling netbooks online

This is considered one of many signs that netbooks are gradually entering a "regression" phase.

Lenovo started to stop selling netbooks online.

According to Computerworld , Lenovo has just stopped selling netbooks on its website. Lenovo's representative, Ray Gorman, said the existing netbook models are all sold out and there will be no future substitutes. However, it is still unclear whether Lenovo will continue to sell netbooks at retail stores.

The move of Lenovo as well as some firms such as Samsung, Dell, HP or Acer show that netbooks are losing ground to products such as low-cost tablets or laptops. After a few years of success, netbook sales have been declining especially since mid-2010. 2010 was also the time when Apple's iPad hit the market.

It is estimated that the number of netbooks shipped in 2011 is only 6.3 million, down 29% compared to a third compared to the same period in 2010. This product accounts for about 6.8% of the number of computers exported. workshop in the fourth quarter of last year. Vendors' netbook shipments fell 30% during this period. As for Lenovo, the company's netbook shipments fell 43% in the fourth quarter of 2011.