Apple top seller in Hong Kong in Q2
October 31, 2013 Category Uncategorized
Apple led all brands in sales of smartphones, media tablets and laptop personal computers in Hong Kong in the second quarter. According to Dickie Chang, Senior Market Analyst at IDC Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong was the only market in the Asia-Pacific where Apple topped all three categories. Market research company GfK said total spending on smartphones, tablets and notebook computers in the city fell 18% to HKD7.21 billion in the quarter to June from HKD8.81 billion a year earlier. Shipments of those devices in the local market fell 15% to 1.75 million units from 2.06 million in the previous period. Walter Leung, Managing Director of GfK in Hong Kong, said: “Both the smartphone and laptop categories recorded negative growth in the quarter to June, while tablet shipments were on par with the total a year ago.” IDC said tablet shipments continued to be dominated by Apple’s iPad products, followed by tablets from Samsung Electronics, Sony, Asus and Acer. GfK data showed tablet sales dropped 21% to HKD1.24 billion during the quarter from HKD1.57 billion a year ago, while shipments remained flat at 365,000 units. IDC said Apple overtook Samsung during the quarter to regain the No 1 position among smartphone brands in the city. The other top-selling smartphone suppliers were Sony, HTC and LG Electronics. Smartphone sales dropped 19% to HKD5.23 billion on total shipments of 1.29 million units, down from 1.58 million a year earlier. According to GfK, smartphones priced at HKD4,500 and above made up about 50% of total units sold in the period. Laptop computer sales fell 7% to HKD738 million from HKD796 million previously, on purchases that dropped to 105,000 units from 121,000. The city’s top five laptop brands during the second quarter were Apple, Lenovo, Asus, Dell and Acer, the South China Morning Post reports.
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