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Three Trends in the Post-smartphone era
By Vincent Wang
Published: Jul 14,2014
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The post-smartphone era is coming, according to Investment Consulting (Yuanta Research), there are three trends in the following three years, including Samsung's market share will be decreased, second-tier handset makers are at high risk of dropping out of the market, and inductive charging and wearables.
Yuanta Research stated out that the global smartphone shipment in Q1 has 30 percent year-on-year growth, but Q2 and Q3 are dropped. Flagships smartphones like Samsuang GALAXY S5, HTC M8, SONY Xperia Z2 are dropped in sales. Now the market is waiting for iPhone 6 to come.
Yuanta Research predicts that there are three trends in smartphone market. Firstly, challenging by high-end handset Apple, and the rising of entry-level handset of Chinese white box, Samsung's market share will drop to 23 percent this year, which might be a chance for Taiwanese components firms to become part of Samsung's supply chain.
Secondly, judging from last year's revenue report, among the eleven handset maker only Apple, Samsung, LG, and Coolpad earn profit. Entry-level handset has Chinese white box, high-end handset has two giants Apple and Samsung, making the mid-tiers handset makers hard to survive.
Thirdly, accessories of smartphones like wireless earphones, mobile power, and wearables are in the limelight.
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