Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/16
By: Frances Huang

Taipei, Dec. 16 (CNA) Taiwan-based manufacturing giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. took first place in the global tablet computer shipment rankings for the third quarter of this year, according to U.S-based International Data Corp. (IDC).

During the July-September period, Hon Hai, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, accounted for 22 percent of total global slate tablet shipments and 36 percent of total global detachable tablet shipments, both the highest, IDC cited data as saying.

In terms of slate tablet rankings, Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea came in second with a 14 percent share of the global market, ahead of China’s Huaqin Telecom Technology Co. (about 14 percent) and Taiwan’s notebook computer contract maker Compal Electronics Inc. (9%), IDC said.    [FULL  STORY]