2007年11月29日星期四

Global smart phone shipments will exceed notebook computers

Global smart phone shipments will exceed notebook computers

According to In-Stat market research report released, in the next five years, the global smart phone shipments, will grow more than 30 percent, but its overall share of the mobile phone market will be further expanded, the future of its annual shipments will exceed notebook. The current user experience to use intelligent telephone interests, they download more applications software through smart phone, but also high utilization of the smart phone, the ARPU of wireless operators (contribution of the average users) can confirm it. In-Stat analyst Bill Hughes said that as users find the value of smart phones, a number of organizations have begun to promote, and applied to commercial purposes. Smart phone users no longer consider the use of intelligent telephone-based voice and data service are extravagant consumption, and cancel the original countermand Smart phone of plans. The survey also found that in the next five years, the smart-phone products will maintain double-digit growth rate, compared to the development of the whole mobile phone market is only a digit; Smart telephone users’ ARPU is twice than the ordinary mobile phone users. The growth of the smart phone users are mostly from the escalation in the notebook computer users.

The summarization of the article:
1. The market no longer demand for only the voice or text service from the mobile phone, but a mobile working device
2. More mobile phone version software converting from pc will be generated.
3. Higher volume of the memory card will be demanded
4. The cheaper price of the smart phone can be expected as well as covering the market from the developing countries.

2007年11月9日星期五

Sony Ericsson reiterated become the world's third-largest mobile phone maker

Sony Ericsson reiterated become the world's third-largest mobile phone maker

According to Dow Jones Newswires reports, the new Sony Ericsson CEO Hideki Komiyama reiterated that the company is to become the world's third-largest mobile phone manufacturer. Hideki Komiyama said that in the past three years, Sony Ericsson access to a considerable development, the future company to a higher level and continue to maintain market competitiveness. In addition, Sony Ericsson will also be among the top three global handset market list as well. Last year, Sony Ericsson mobile phones with music and camera phones narrow the gap between Samsung and Motorola. According to information provided by iSuppli, the third quarter this year, Nokia is the world's largest mobile phone manufacturers, a market share of 39.5%. The second quarter, Samsung beyond Motorola, to be the world's second-largest mobile phone manufacturers. The third quarter, Samsung continues to widen the gap with Motorola. While Sony Ericsson is now the world's fourth largest mobile phone manufacturer. In September of this year, Hideki Komiyama was elected term of the new Sony Ericsson CEO from November 1 taking office. On the other hand, Samsung said its efforts through the expansion of mainland China and Vietnam factory production line to reduce the production cost in order to catch up with Nokia. At present, Samsung in the Chinese mainland there are three factories, which are located in Huizhou, Shenzen and Tianjin. Samsung plans produce 25 million mobile phones in the 2008, started to produce the GSM and CDMA mobile phones in the Huizhou of China, last month they completed the construction of the factory. In addition, the factory in Shenzhen will also speed up and expand produce low-cost phones to catch up with the Nokia; Tianjin factory production anticipated will reach 70 million in the next few years. The Samsung will accelerate the volume of production of Chinese region, expecting to be up to production annually 90,000,000 mobile phones; And the mobile phone yield of the Vietnamese factory will be complete soon, it anticipating can produce 100,000,000 annually,

0ne of the strategy of winning the world ranking number 2 from samsungs from the investing of the production in china & sell domestically in china. Ror fulfilling the ranking number 3 from sony ericsson, there is impossible to neglect china factor. so, the growing rate of the mobile phone in china will maintain as strong as past few years.