Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海) took first place in the global tablet computer shipment rankings for the third quarter of this year, according to US-based International Data Corp (IDC).
In the July-to-September period, Hon Hai accounted for 22 percent of total global slate tablet shipments and 36 percent of overall detachable tablet shipments, both of which were the highest, IDC said on Thursday last week.
COMPETITORS
In terms of slate tablet rankings, South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co came in second with a 14 percent share of the global market, ahead of China’s Huaqin Telecom Technology Co (華勤) at 14 percent and Compal Electronics Inc (仁寶) at 9 percent, IDC said.
IDC said Pegatron Corp (和碩) was the second-largest shipper of detachable tablets in the third quarter with 23 percent of the global market, ahead of Hong Kong’s Alco Holdings Ltd (愛高) at 11 percent and Samsung at 8 percent.
Third-quarter tablet shipments rose 1.2 percent from the previous quarter on the back of a replacement wave and the launch of new models from international brands, IDC said.
However, the peak season effects were not strong enough to push shipments even higher, it said.
MIDDLE SEGMENT
Demand for both high and low-end slate and detachable tablets was stronger than for mid-range models in the third quarter, IDC said, adding that Chinese manufacturers accounted for 50 percent of global slate tablet shipments in the quarter, which pushed down the shipments of Taiwanese firms to less than 30 percent.
CHINESE CAPACITY
In terms of detachable tablets, China accounted for almost 30 percent of total global shipments as Chinese firms allocated more capacity to produce that type of model, IDC said.
Shipments for this month are expected to fall slightly from last month, but shipments for the fourth quarter as a whole could still rise more than 10 percent from a quarter earlier, it said.
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