Strategy against rising inflation? The price-performance winners of the first quarter: ITscope market barometer Q1 2022<\/h2><\/div>The ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter Q1\/2022 is here \u2013 with the cur\u00adrent top sel\u00adlers from six cate\u00adgo\u00adries and the best new\u00adco\u00admers on ITscope!<\/p>\n
<\/a>ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter Q1\/2022as a PDF (English)<\/a><\/p>\nThe ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter is based on ITscope GmbH\u2019s own analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
![](\"https:\/\/www.itscope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Market-barometer-PC-Bild_Q1_2022-EN-1.png\" "\\"Market-barometer-PC-Bild_Q1_2022-EN")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Karlsruhe, 21\/04\/2022<\/em> \u2013 At a rate of +7.3%<\/a>, infla\u00adti\u00adon in Germany soared to a new high in March. Supply bot\u00adt\u00adlen\u00adecks and pri\u00adce increa\u00adses, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly due to Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine, are having an immense impact on the infla\u00adti\u00adon rate. Prices are rising the most in the ener\u00adgy sec\u00adtor, but increa\u00adses are also obser\u00adva\u00adble for ever\u00ady\u00adday items such as food \u2013 and of cour\u00adse also for ITC pro\u00adducts. In this cur\u00adrent ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter ran\u00adking, low-priced mid-range pro\u00adducts see\u00admed to be the pre\u00adfer\u00adred items on shop\u00adping lists in light of this. The iPhone SE<\/a>, Intel\u2019s Core i5-12400<\/a> CPI or the iPad<\/a> \u2013 which is signi\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly che\u00ada\u00adper than Microsoft\u2019s tablets \u2013 are the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre deser\u00adved\u00adly ahead due to their opti\u00admal price-performance ratio.<\/p>\nEven after the pre\u00advious, very suc\u00adcessful quar\u00adter<\/a>, things are still going very well for Apple \u2013 alt\u00adhough this time round it\u2019s not the usu\u00adal devices with the half-bitten apple logo that are excel\u00adling in the Highflyer Charts. The third-generation iPhone SE<\/a>, which has only been lis\u00adted on ITscope sin\u00adce the begin\u00adning of March, is doing par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly well \u2013 with the bud\u00adget smart\u00adphone clim\u00adbing impres\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly high in this short amount of time. Though it does fol\u00adlow in the foot\u00ads\u00adteps of an extre\u00adme\u00adly suc\u00adcessful pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor, as the second-generation iPhone SE was among the very top pro\u00adducts<\/a> for ITscope users throug\u00adhout 2021. \u201cThe iPhone SE 2 was and still is one of the most popu\u00adlar pro\u00adducts of the enti\u00adre ITscope plat\u00adform. It remains to be seen whe\u00adther the third gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon will be able to keep up with the suc\u00adcess of its pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor in the coming months \u2013 initi\u00adal reviews don\u2019t seem to be all that enthu\u00adsi\u00ada\u00adstic yet,\u201d says Oliver Gorges, Head of Channel Development & Cooperations at ITscope.<\/p>\nIn the indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal cate\u00adgo\u00adry charts, things are also going well for Apple: the second-generation iPhone SE<\/a> is still at the top of the smart\u00adphone charts, albeit with decli\u00adning click num\u00adbers. Close on its heels is Apple\u2019s latest model, the iPhone 13<\/a>, and Samsung is also sen\u00adding two pro\u00admi\u00adsing new\u00adco\u00admers into the ring.<\/p>\nApple\u2019s suc\u00adcess streak also con\u00adti\u00adnues in the tablet seg\u00adment, whe\u00adre it mana\u00adged to climb past ever-popular Microsoft into first place this quar\u00adter. The big\u00adgest sur\u00adpri\u00adse, howe\u00adver, is in the moni\u00adtor cate\u00adgo\u00adry: after nine quar\u00adters at the top, the popu\u00adlar P2419H<\/a> is final\u00adly bid\u00adding fare\u00adwell and a much newer model from Dell takes the lead. AMD curr\u00adent\u00adly has the lead in terms of pro\u00adces\u00adsors, but Intel is laun\u00adching a com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly new CPU that is pushing for\u00adward at full throttle.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Content<\/h3><\/div>\n- Highflyers<\/strong>: Apple still on course<\/li>\n
- TFTs<\/strong>: final\u00adly a new vic\u00adtor in the moni\u00adtor charts!<\/li>\n
- Smartphones<\/strong>: pro\u00ads\u00adpects for suc\u00adcess for Samsung\u2019s new flagship?<\/li>\n
- Tablets<\/strong>: pro\u00admi\u00adsing up-and-comers from Microsoft in sight<\/li>\n
- Notebooks<\/strong>: the air is get\u00adting thin\u00adner for Lenovo<\/li>\n
- PC sys\u00adtems<\/strong>: ThinkCentre M70q 11DT still in the spotlight<\/li>\n
- Processors<\/strong>: strong Intel com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adon for AMD\u2019s Ryzen 5 5600G<\/li>\n
- Software<\/strong>: scep\u00adti\u00adcism on swit\u00adching to Windows 11?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Highflyers: Apple still on course<\/h3><\/div>After the recent, very suc\u00adcessful Christmas quar\u00adter for Apple, a pro\u00adduct from this Californian manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer has once again made it to the top of the Highflyer Charts. This time round, howe\u00adver, it is neither an iPhone nor iPad, but the AirPods Pro<\/a>, which made it to first place<\/strong> with almost 2,000 clicks. The AirPods Pro were alre\u00ada\u00addy near the top of the Highflyer Charts last quar\u00adter<\/a>, but now the Wholesale Selling Price (WSP) has drop\u00adped by ano\u00adther \u20ac10 down to \u20ac190. Of cour\u00adse, this pri\u00adce drop fuels demand for the in-ear head\u00adpho\u00adnes and allows them to jump from 4th<\/sup> place direct\u00adly to the top this quarter.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.itscope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Apple-AirPods-Pro.png\" "\\"Apple")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>The Lenovo ThinkPad L15 Gen 2 20X3<\/a>, which is also far ahead in the note\u00adbook charts, secu\u00adred 3rd<\/sup> place<\/strong> with over 1,500 clicks. Like other models in the L series<\/a>, the ThinkPad L15 stands for an opti\u00admal price-performance ratio. A tar\u00adge\u00adted reduc\u00adtion of fea\u00adtures directs the focus to the most important thing: being able to work well. This ThinkPad offers a device with a long bat\u00adtery life and fast Wi-Fi 6, all for a WSP of just over \u20ac1,000.<\/p>\nIn 4th<\/sup> place<\/strong>, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8<\/a> is also repre\u00adsen\u00adted in the tablet cate\u00adgo\u00adry charts, but unfort\u00adu\u00adna\u00adte\u00adly it\u2019s not very con\u00advin\u00adcing on a tech\u00adni\u00adcal level \u2013 but at a WSP of less than \u20ac180, this new tablet is cer\u00adtain\u00adly cheap.<\/p>\nWith the Intel Core i5-12400<\/a>, a pro\u00adces\u00adsor scores 10th<\/sup> place<\/b> of the Highflyer Charts. The i5-12400 has six Golden Cove cores with twel\u00adve threads at 65 watts, doing com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly wit\u00adhout E\u2011cores. Good gam\u00ading per\u00adfor\u00admance, high multi-threaded effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and, last but not least, the low WSP of \u20ac175 stand out par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly posi\u00adtively<\/a>.
Probably the newest device in the Highflyer Charts is Apple\u2019s third-generation iPhone SE<\/a> in 17th<\/sup> place<\/strong> \u2013 a first-class result for the iPhone, which has only been lis\u00adted sin\u00adce the begin\u00adning of March. The second gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon has alre\u00ada\u00addy been doing extre\u00adme\u00adly well for months, which seems to desti\u00adne the cur\u00adrent model for a pro\u00admi\u00adsing future. Or per\u00adhaps not? After the pro\u00adduct launch, the\u00adre was more cri\u00adti\u00adcism than posi\u00adti\u00adve feed\u00adback<\/a> for the third gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon. The impro\u00adve\u00adments com\u00adpared to the pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor model were said to be too small, the design out\u00adda\u00adted and the pri\u00adce too high. But the\u00adre are defi\u00adni\u00adte\u00adly argu\u00adments in favour of the SE 3, such as the excel\u00adlent per\u00adfor\u00admance thanks to the A15 chip. And per\u00adhaps it\u2019s pre\u00adcis\u00ade\u00adly the signi\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly redu\u00adced scope of func\u00adtions that makes the iPhone SE 3 very attrac\u00adti\u00adve for many users. Many fea\u00adtures of the higher-end iPhones are nice-to-have, but are hard\u00adly nee\u00added in ever\u00ady\u00adday life, let alo\u00adne even used regu\u00adlar\u00adly. As is almost always the case, it could have offe\u00adred a litt\u00adle more, but at a WSP of less than \u20ac500, the 3rd<\/sup> gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of Apple\u2019s bud\u00adget device is a solid smart\u00adphone that abso\u00adlut\u00ade\u00adly meets ever\u00ady\u00adday requirements.<\/p>\nHere are the most acti\u00adve 30 new releases with hot-seller poten\u00adti\u00adal<\/strong> \u2013 our Highflyer Charts:<\/p>\n
The ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter Q1\/2022 is here \u2013 with the cur\u00adrent top sel\u00adlers from six cate\u00adgo\u00adries and the best new\u00adco\u00admers on ITscope!<\/p>\n
<\/a>ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter Q1\/2022as a PDF (English)<\/a><\/p>\n The ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter is based on ITscope GmbH\u2019s own analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Karlsruhe, 21\/04\/2022<\/em> \u2013 At a rate of +7.3%<\/a>, infla\u00adti\u00adon in Germany soared to a new high in March. Supply bot\u00adt\u00adlen\u00adecks and pri\u00adce increa\u00adses, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly due to Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine, are having an immense impact on the infla\u00adti\u00adon rate. Prices are rising the most in the ener\u00adgy sec\u00adtor, but increa\u00adses are also obser\u00adva\u00adble for ever\u00ady\u00adday items such as food \u2013 and of cour\u00adse also for ITC pro\u00adducts. In this cur\u00adrent ITscope mar\u00adket baro\u00adme\u00adter ran\u00adking, low-priced mid-range pro\u00adducts see\u00admed to be the pre\u00adfer\u00adred items on shop\u00adping lists in light of this. The iPhone SE<\/a>, Intel\u2019s Core i5-12400<\/a> CPI or the iPad<\/a> \u2013 which is signi\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly che\u00ada\u00adper than Microsoft\u2019s tablets \u2013 are the\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre deser\u00adved\u00adly ahead due to their opti\u00admal price-performance ratio.<\/p>\n Even after the pre\u00advious, very suc\u00adcessful quar\u00adter<\/a>, things are still going very well for Apple \u2013 alt\u00adhough this time round it\u2019s not the usu\u00adal devices with the half-bitten apple logo that are excel\u00adling in the Highflyer Charts. The third-generation iPhone SE<\/a>, which has only been lis\u00adted on ITscope sin\u00adce the begin\u00adning of March, is doing par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly well \u2013 with the bud\u00adget smart\u00adphone clim\u00adbing impres\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly high in this short amount of time. Though it does fol\u00adlow in the foot\u00ads\u00adteps of an extre\u00adme\u00adly suc\u00adcessful pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor, as the second-generation iPhone SE was among the very top pro\u00adducts<\/a> for ITscope users throug\u00adhout 2021. \u201cThe iPhone SE 2 was and still is one of the most popu\u00adlar pro\u00adducts of the enti\u00adre ITscope plat\u00adform. It remains to be seen whe\u00adther the third gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon will be able to keep up with the suc\u00adcess of its pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor in the coming months \u2013 initi\u00adal reviews don\u2019t seem to be all that enthu\u00adsi\u00ada\u00adstic yet,\u201d says Oliver Gorges, Head of Channel Development & Cooperations at ITscope.<\/p>\n In the indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal cate\u00adgo\u00adry charts, things are also going well for Apple: the second-generation iPhone SE<\/a> is still at the top of the smart\u00adphone charts, albeit with decli\u00adning click num\u00adbers. Close on its heels is Apple\u2019s latest model, the iPhone 13<\/a>, and Samsung is also sen\u00adding two pro\u00admi\u00adsing new\u00adco\u00admers into the ring.<\/p>\n Apple\u2019s suc\u00adcess streak also con\u00adti\u00adnues in the tablet seg\u00adment, whe\u00adre it mana\u00adged to climb past ever-popular Microsoft into first place this quar\u00adter. The big\u00adgest sur\u00adpri\u00adse, howe\u00adver, is in the moni\u00adtor cate\u00adgo\u00adry: after nine quar\u00adters at the top, the popu\u00adlar P2419H<\/a> is final\u00adly bid\u00adding fare\u00adwell and a much newer model from Dell takes the lead. AMD curr\u00adent\u00adly has the lead in terms of pro\u00adces\u00adsors, but Intel is laun\u00adching a com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly new CPU that is pushing for\u00adward at full throttle.<\/p>\n<\/div> After the recent, very suc\u00adcessful Christmas quar\u00adter for Apple, a pro\u00adduct from this Californian manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adrer has once again made it to the top of the Highflyer Charts. This time round, howe\u00adver, it is neither an iPhone nor iPad, but the AirPods Pro<\/a>, which made it to first place<\/strong> with almost 2,000 clicks. The AirPods Pro were alre\u00ada\u00addy near the top of the Highflyer Charts last quar\u00adter<\/a>, but now the Wholesale Selling Price (WSP) has drop\u00adped by ano\u00adther \u20ac10 down to \u20ac190. Of cour\u00adse, this pri\u00adce drop fuels demand for the in-ear head\u00adpho\u00adnes and allows them to jump from 4th<\/sup> place direct\u00adly to the top this quarter.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The Lenovo ThinkPad L15 Gen 2 20X3<\/a>, which is also far ahead in the note\u00adbook charts, secu\u00adred 3rd<\/sup> place<\/strong> with over 1,500 clicks. Like other models in the L series<\/a>, the ThinkPad L15 stands for an opti\u00admal price-performance ratio. A tar\u00adge\u00adted reduc\u00adtion of fea\u00adtures directs the focus to the most important thing: being able to work well. This ThinkPad offers a device with a long bat\u00adtery life and fast Wi-Fi 6, all for a WSP of just over \u20ac1,000.<\/p>\n In 4th<\/sup> place<\/strong>, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8<\/a> is also repre\u00adsen\u00adted in the tablet cate\u00adgo\u00adry charts, but unfort\u00adu\u00adna\u00adte\u00adly it\u2019s not very con\u00advin\u00adcing on a tech\u00adni\u00adcal level \u2013 but at a WSP of less than \u20ac180, this new tablet is cer\u00adtain\u00adly cheap.<\/p>\n With the Intel Core i5-12400<\/a>, a pro\u00adces\u00adsor scores 10th<\/sup> place<\/b> of the Highflyer Charts. The i5-12400 has six Golden Cove cores with twel\u00adve threads at 65 watts, doing com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly wit\u00adhout E\u2011cores. Good gam\u00ading per\u00adfor\u00admance, high multi-threaded effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and, last but not least, the low WSP of \u20ac175 stand out par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly posi\u00adtively<\/a>. Here are the most acti\u00adve 30 new releases with hot-seller poten\u00adti\u00adal<\/strong> \u2013 our Highflyer Charts:<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Content<\/h3><\/div>
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Highflyers: Apple still on course<\/h3><\/div>
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Probably the newest device in the Highflyer Charts is Apple\u2019s third-generation iPhone SE<\/a> in 17th<\/sup> place<\/strong> \u2013 a first-class result for the iPhone, which has only been lis\u00adted sin\u00adce the begin\u00adning of March. The second gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon has alre\u00ada\u00addy been doing extre\u00adme\u00adly well for months, which seems to desti\u00adne the cur\u00adrent model for a pro\u00admi\u00adsing future. Or per\u00adhaps not? After the pro\u00adduct launch, the\u00adre was more cri\u00adti\u00adcism than posi\u00adti\u00adve feed\u00adback<\/a> for the third gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon. The impro\u00adve\u00adments com\u00adpared to the pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor model were said to be too small, the design out\u00adda\u00adted and the pri\u00adce too high. But the\u00adre are defi\u00adni\u00adte\u00adly argu\u00adments in favour of the SE 3, such as the excel\u00adlent per\u00adfor\u00admance thanks to the A15 chip. And per\u00adhaps it\u2019s pre\u00adcis\u00ade\u00adly the signi\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly redu\u00adced scope of func\u00adtions that makes the iPhone SE 3 very attrac\u00adti\u00adve for many users. Many fea\u00adtures of the higher-end iPhones are nice-to-have, but are hard\u00adly nee\u00added in ever\u00ady\u00adday life, let alo\u00adne even used regu\u00adlar\u00adly. As is almost always the case, it could have offe\u00adred a litt\u00adle more, but at a WSP of less than \u20ac500, the 3rd<\/sup> gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of Apple\u2019s bud\u00adget device is a solid smart\u00adphone that abso\u00adlut\u00ade\u00adly meets ever\u00ady\u00adday requirements.<\/p>\n
![](\"https:\/\/www.itscope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dell-P2422H.png\" "\\"Dell")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.itscope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dell-P2419H-EN-1.jpg\" "\\"Dell")
<\/span>![](\"https:\/\/www.itscope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dell-P2422H-EN.jpg\" "\\"Dell")
<\/span>![](\"https:\/\/www.itscope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Notebooks_Lenovo-ThinkPad-E15-Gen-2-20TD.jpg\" "\\"Notebooks_Lenovo-ThinkPad-E15-Gen-2-20TD\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.itscope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Lenovo-ThinkCentre-M70q-11DT-Mini-Core-i5-10400T-2-GHz.png\" "\\"Lenovo")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.itscope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AMD-Ryzen-7-5800X-3.8-GHz-8-Kerne-16-Threads.png\" "\\"AMD")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.itscope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AMD-Ryzen-5-5600G-EN.jpg\" "\\"AMD")
<\/span>![](\"https:\/\/www.itscope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Intel-Core-i5-12400-EN.jpg\" "\\"Intel")
<\/span>![](\"https:\/\/www.itscope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Microsoft-Office-Home-Business-2021.jpg\" "\\"Microsoft")
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