Worldwide Tablet TFT Panels Shipments Will Reach around 119.27 Million Units in the Second Half of 2013
Following the footsteps of international vendors, white-box vendors also have released similar products. As consumers have shifted their focus from high-end products to low-cost ones, low-cost tablets have picked up steam and sustained the growth of tablet product and tablet TFT (Thin Film Transistor) panel shipments in 2013. Thanks to the vigorous sales of mid-range and low-cost tablets, shipment volume of the worldwide tablet TFT panels reached around 118.52 million units in the first half of 2013, up 102.3% from the same period in 2012.
Industry Analyst Nina Ko at MIC (Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute), an ICT industry research institute based in Taipei, expects that Chinese white-box vendors will double their shipments and grab 29.6% of the worldwide tablet market in 2013, up from 21% last year. As the major contract manufacturers for Chinese white-box vendors, Taiwanese tablet TFT panel vendors managed to outsell Korean vendors and took up 46.8% of the market, registering a 19.4% year-on-year increase, in the first half of 2013. “Since less effort is put to address the low-cost market when their customers launch new products in the second half of 2013, Korean tablet TFT panel vendors' market share slipped to 46.5%, down 13.1% year-on-year, in the first half of 2013”, said Nina Ko. Due to branded vendors' releasing most of their new products in the second half of 2013, shipment volume of tablets in the first and second half of the year is expected to be equally matched - each contributing 50% of the annual shipments. It is therefore forecast that shipment volume of the worldwide tablet TFT panel will reach around 119.27 million units in the second half of 2013.
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