BREAKING...Android 4.0 tablets to overtake Apple's iPad in 2012 (the phone scenario repeating all over again)
China-based white-box tablet PC makers ramping up shipments, say sources
Max Wang, Hong Kong; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Friday 13 April 2012]
China-based white-box tablet PC makers have ramped up their combined shipments to three million units a month recently, and total shipments of tablet PCs by all makers are expected to top 50 million units in 2012, market research firm eMedia Asia has estimated.
In Guangdong province alone, hundreds of small- and medium-size businesses have entered the development and production of tablet PCs on an OEM, ODM or OBM basis, according to industry sources.
With the availability of Android 4.0 platform, white-box makers have rolled out tablets in 7-, 8-, 9.7- and 10.1-inch sizes with specifications catered to customer's demand, said the sources, adding that the models target markets in the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Latin America.
The white-box makers are able to deliver a 10.1-inch model, which runs on Android 4.0 and has a display resolution of 1024 by 600 and 4GB built-in storage, at FOB prices of about US$100-110, indicated the sources.
Shipments of tablet PCs by China-based makers totaled 14 million units in 2011, eMedia Asia said. |
