Taiwan handsets – 1Q 2013

Luke Lin, DIGITIMES Research; Jackie Chang, DIGITIMES [Monday 6 May 2013]

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Seasonality played a key role in bringing down Taiwan makers' handset shipments by 18.3% sequentially in first-quarter 2013. Taiwan's top handset maker HTC saw an even steeper fall in shipments partly due to component shortages plaguing its high-end models. But shipments will rebound in the second quarter, as major client Sony Mobile Communications will introduce new models and HTC see the component shortages ease.

Table of contents

Introduction
Chart 1: Handset shipments, 1Q12-2Q13 (k units)
Shipments breakdown
Transmission technology: GSM, CDMA, and WCDMA
Chart 2: Handset shipments by transmission technology, 1Q12-2Q13 (k units)
Chart 3: Handset shipment share by transmission technology, 1Q12-2Q13
Form factors: Candy bar, clamshell and slide phone
Chart 4: Handset shipments by form factor, 1Q12-2Q13 (k units)
Chart 5: Handset shipment share by form factor, 1Q12-2Q13
Built-in cameras
Chart 5: Handset shipments by camera pixel, 1Q12-2Q13 (k units)
Chart 6: Handset shipment share by camera pixel, 1Q12-2Q13
Makers
Chart 7: Handset shipments by maker tier, 1Q12-2Q13 (k units)
Chart 8: Shipment proportion by maker tier, 1Q12-2Q13
Table 1: Top-5 handset makers, 1Q12-2Q13 (k units)
Smartphone
Chart 9: Smartphone shipments, 1Q12-2Q13 (k units)
Chart 10: Smartphone shipments by maker tier, 1Q12-2Q13 (k units)
Chart 11: Smartphone shipment share by maker tier, 1Q12-2Q13
Annual shipments
Chart 12: Taiwan's handset shipment trend and global market share, 2008-2013 (k units)