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| AsusTEK CEO - Jerry Shen |
According to Focustaiwan.tw. Taiwan's Asustek Computer Inc. said Midweek that it plans to add together a instant fleck supplier for the successor of its low-cost ZenFone gain equally utilization of efforts to double its smartphone shipments side past times side year.
Asustek CEO Jerry Shen told the press at an investor conference that the fellowship intends to launch its ZenFone 2 models at the Consumer Electronics Show inwards the USA inwards Jan side past times side year, amongst a starting cost tag of NT$9,990 (US$327).
All of the novel phones scheduled for loose at the annual merchandise demo volition hold upwardly powered past times Intel Corp. chips together with volition back upwardly 4G LTE connectivity, Shen said, adding that LTE-enabled phones volition trouble organisation human relationship for close xxx percent-40 share of Asustek's total smartphone shipments inwards 2015.
The fellowship estimates that it volition send 8 i thou m smartphones this twelvemonth together with sixteen i thou m units side past times side year, equally it plans to expand the availability of ZenFones to close twenty markets globally from fourteen markets this year, spell putting to a greater extent than focus on Red People's Republic of China together with Japan, he added.
To attain that aggressive shipment target, Shen said, Asustek volition squad upwardly amongst a instant fleck supplier to make cheaper ZenFone 2 models priced at NT$4,990.
The second-platform ZenFone 2 volition include variants that volition hold upwardly launched inwards Jan amongst 2 major Chinese wireless carriers -- Red People's Republic of China Mobile Ltd. together with Red People's Republic of China Telecom Corp. -- amongst another models designed for the global market, according to Shen, who declined to lift the instant fleck supplier.
The CEO forecast that Asustek's smartphone trouble organisation volition plough profitable for the whole of side past times side twelvemonth together with brand upwardly close xv share of the company's 2015 full-year revenue.
Asustek reported that solar daytime third-quarter cyberspace income of NT$5.81 billion (US$190 million), the highest degree of the past times half-dozen quarters, due inwards utilization to better-than-expected shipments of smartphones.
The fellowship shipped 2.8 i thou m smartphones during the 3rd quarter, beating its previous target of 2.6 i thou m units.
Shares of Asustek unopen downward 0.16 share at NT$319.50 Midweek inwards Taipei earlier the company's earnings announcement.
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