Taiwan handsets – 2Q 2009

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Roger Huang, DIGITIMES Research; Meiling Chen, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 23 September 2009]

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Shipments of Taiwan handsets rebounded in the second quarter of 2009 after two quarters of sequential declines, as clients started replenishing their inventories. But second-quarter shipments still declined almost 45% on year, and Taiwan makers accounted for 5.5% of total handset shipments worldwide.

Table of contents

Introduction
Chart 1: Taiwan's handset shipments, 3Q08-4Q09 (k units)
Shipment breakdown
Transmission technology: GSM, CDMA, and WCDMA
Chart 2: Handset shipments by transmission technology, 3Q08-4Q09
Handset type: Candy bar, clamshell, and slide phone
Chart 3: Handset shipments by type, 3Q08-4Q09
Main displays of candy bars and slide phones
Chart 4: Candy bar, slide phone shipments by main display colors, 3Q08-4Q09
Clamshell main display colors
Chart 5: Clamshell shipments by main display colors, 3Q08-4Q09
Clamshell sub-display colors
Chart 6: Clamshell shipments by sub-display colors, 3Q08-4Q09
Built-in cameras
Chart 7: Handset shipments by camera pixels, 3Q08-4Q09
Shipments by maker
Chart 8: Shipment proportion by maker tier, 3Q08-4Q09
Smartphone
Chart 9: Smartphone shipments, 4Q08-4Q09 (k units)
Industry watch
Orders from top-5 vendors
Orders from non-top-5 vendors
Outlook till 2011
Chart 10: Taiwan handset shipments and global market share, 2006-2011 (million units)

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