Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan
By Nick Brown, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Monday 28 May 2012]
Last update: Monday 11 June 2012
Last update: Monday 11 June 2012
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Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist of smartphones and tablet computers. In recent years, this presence has been consolidated by the launch of many higher products from Taiwan-based brands, particularly HTC, Asus and Acer. In the following overview, Digitimes discusses the major players and platforms, the issues confronting them in today's marketplace, and the outlook for the Taiwan and China industries.
Table of contents
Chart 1: Share of all APs supplied to China's domestic smartphone vendors, 2011
Chart 2: Share of APs supplied to China's domestic tablet vendors, 2011
Chart 4: Global handset shipments vs. Taiwan handset shipments, 1H08-1H12
Chart 5: Taiwan-based manufacturers share of global handset shipments, 1Q05-2Q12
Chart 6: Global smartphone shipments, 2010, 1Q11-4Q11 (m units)
Chart 7: Smartphone share of global handset shipments, 2009-2011
Uptake of Android 4.0 (ICS) and fragmentation of the Android ecosystem
The success or failure of Nokia's first Windows Phone models
