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Acer Re-vamping Smartphones

by Milos Pavlovic

Acer is re-aligning its smartphone strategy to look for revenues and profit rather than share and will de-emphasise developing regions, which are already seeing fierce competition and weak demand in some, according to Taiwanese …

Tags:Acer| Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Acer Takes Home Good Design Awards

by Tom Allen

Acer won five Good Design awards in Japan this month, from more than 3,600 entries. The winning products – the Predator Z35 monitor, K138STi LED projector, Aspire Switch 10 E hybrid, Aspire R 11 …

High Inventory Keeps PCs Down Across EMEA

by Tom Allen

EMEA PC shipments fell 23% YoY in Q3’15, to 18.4 million, according to IDC. Ongoing currency fluctuations in several countries, as well as political instability in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, affected the …

Acer’s Curved Monitor Can be Overclocked

by Tom Allen

In June, Nvidia announced new monitors from Acer and Asus that would carry its G-Sync technology (Big Plans for Nvidia’s G-Sync This Year). An Acer model, the X34, confused people because it hadn’t been …

Asus and Acer Rise On-Month

by Tom Allen

Asus’ revenues rose to NT$43.9 billion ($1.3 billion) in September, while Acer’s reached NT$29.4 billion ($904 million). The Asus result was up 7.6% MoM and 5.7% YoY. However, while Acer’s revenues rose 40.2% MoM, …

Tags:Acer| Asus| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 41

Currency Values and High Inventory Push PCs Down

by Tom Allen

Worldwide PC shipments fell 7.7% YoY in Q3’15, Gartner’s preliminary PC results show. Desktop PCs continued to exhibit weakness, with declines in the high single digits, while mobile PCs (notebooks and premium ultramobiles) fell …

Asus Enjoys Triple-Digit Growth

by Tom Allen

Asus shipped 2 million notebooks worldwide in September, representing 127.3% MoM growth. Acer, meanwhile, managed to grow its shipments 41.7%, to 1.7 million units, according to supply chain sources.

Acer Moves Employees to BYOC

by Tom Allen

Reports from Taiwan had claimed that Acer’s domestic branch – which employs about 180 people – was to lay off between 10% and 20% of its staff recently. The company has responded that it …

Acer Worldwide Projector Market Share Reaches Record High in Q2 2015

by Isaac Oburu

According to the latest data from PMA1, for Q2 2015 Acer has reached a record high market share of 8% worldwide and 17.8% in EMEA2, positioning Acer as the third largest projector brand worldwide …

Tags:Acer| Market Data| Projectors

AMD & Acer Named in 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Index

by Bob Raikes

AMD and Acer featured in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America, the fourteenth consecutive appearance on the list.

Taiwan Notebook ODMs See Sales Rise

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s major notebook ODMs reported sequential increases in sales in August, though only Acer and Pegatron achieved double digit increases. All of the ODMs expect their shipments in September to grow, as demand for …

SlimPort Expands Display Options for Acer’s Predator 8 Tablets and Iconia Tab 10

by Helen Vince

Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced that Acer’s new Predator 8 GT-810 tablet and previously released Iconia Tab 10 A3-A30 both feature a built-in SlimPort® interface, which allows consumers to expand their viewing experience by …

Tags:Acer| Analogix| tablets