Taiwan's Asustek plans to boost its smartphone manufacturing capacity adjacent calendar month to satisfy company bespeak for its low-cost ZenFone range, fellowship CEO Jerry Shen said Thursday.
The monthly worldwide shipments of Asustek's smartphones are expected to increase from 200,000-300,000 units inwards Apr to 400,000-500,000 units inwards May, Shen told a press briefing to address a recent ZenFone pricing disputation that saw the phones priced lower inwards Red People's Republic of China than inwards Taiwan.
The manufacturing capacity is estimated to striking a maximum of over 500,000 units inwards June, alongside distributors too retailers having already placed huge amounts of orders for the pop ZenFone models, he said.
That way the monthly production scale for May too June volition endure comparable alongside the full-year shipments of 400,000 to 500,000 units of Asustek's 2013 flagship PadFone models, Shen said.
The fellowship forecast Apr viii that it would sell five 1000000 smartphones this twelvemonth to plough over its revenue a year-on-year boost. The fellowship sold 1.5 1000000 smartphones concluding year, including the PadFone too most 1 1000000 units of the Fonepad, a 7-inch hybrid device alongside cry upwards too tablet functions.
The monthly worldwide shipments of Asustek's smartphones are expected to increase from 200,000-300,000 units inwards Apr to 400,000-500,000 units inwards May, Shen told a press briefing to address a recent ZenFone pricing disputation that saw the phones priced lower inwards Red People's Republic of China than inwards Taiwan.
The manufacturing capacity is estimated to striking a maximum of over 500,000 units inwards June, alongside distributors too retailers having already placed huge amounts of orders for the pop ZenFone models, he said.
That way the monthly production scale for May too June volition endure comparable alongside the full-year shipments of 400,000 to 500,000 units of Asustek's 2013 flagship PadFone models, Shen said.
The fellowship forecast Apr viii that it would sell five 1000000 smartphones this twelvemonth to plough over its revenue a year-on-year boost. The fellowship sold 1.5 1000000 smartphones concluding year, including the PadFone too most 1 1000000 units of the Fonepad, a 7-inch hybrid device alongside cry upwards too tablet functions.
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