Apple ranks as top smartphone vendor in Taiwan in November

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/12/26
By: Esme Jiang and Frances Huang

Taipei, Dec. 26 (CNA) Apple Inc. took the title of the largest smartphone vendor in Taiwan in November since the U.S. consumer electronics giant unveiled its latest iPhone models, industry sources said Saturday.

On the back of the presence of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6s and 5.5-inch iPhone 6s Plus, Apple took a 63.4 percent share of Taiwan’s smartphone market in terms of sales value, the sources said.

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. came in second with a 12.2 percent share in terms of sales value, ahead of Japan’s Sony Corp. with 8.3 percent, Taiwan’s HTC Corp. (宏達電) with 8.1 percent, and Asustek Computer Inc. (華碩) with 4.7 percent.     [FULL  STORY]