Taiwan Smartphones Down 10% in Q3

Digitimes Research said that smartphone shipments from Taiwan-based brands and ODMs dropped by 10% to 19.54 million in the third quarter of 2015. Compal was the top producer in Taiwan, followed by Asustek which increased its shipments. Acer and HTC were both and Sony & Microsoft reduced their orders. Demand from LG, TCL and others could not replace the lost volume.