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Nexus 7 and Android Convertibles Drive Massive Asus Profit

Posted by Unknown on from the king-of-the-hill dept.

rtfa-troll writes "The collapse of the PC market has had much discussion on Slashdot with a common opinion that, now that Apple is the largest personal computer manufacturer, a loss of sales combined with Apple's iPad will completely eliminate most of them. Now Asustek's most recent results show that there may be a way out for those that can move away from their standard markets. Concentrating on Android tablet devices, the Google Nexus 7, with a help from ASUS transformer tablets has driven the company to massive $230 million profits. Asus gross revenue also climbed 9 percent to around $3.8 billion. We have discussed related issues recently: Where companies like HTC have lost their focus on open Android devices and suffered from devastating collapses, ASUS has managed to differentiate it's tablets by providing the most open tablet experience possible via with Google's Nexus program and branding."

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  1. Largest personal computer manufacture? by drkim · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have to question the original post statement,

    now that Apple is the largest personal computer manufacturer

    I can only assume you are referring to market capitalization, and not actual computers sold.

    As far as computers sold, it would be (third quarter 2012):

    Worldwide:
    Lenovo Group Ltd., 13.8 million shipped worldwide, 15.7 percent share
    Hewlett-Packard Co., 13.6 million shipped, 15.5 percent
    Dell Inc., 9.2 million, 10.5 percent
    Acer Group, 8.6 million, 9.9 percent
    AsusTek Computer Inc., 6.4 million, 7.3 percent
    Others, 36.0 million, 41.1 percent.
    Total: 87.5 million

    United States:
    Hewlett-Packard Co., 4.1 million shipped in U.S., 27.0 percent share
    Dell Inc., 3.3 million, 21.4 percent
    Apple Inc., 2.1 million, 13.6 percent
    Lenovo Group Ltd., 1.4 million, 8.9 percent
    Acer Group, 989,725, 6.5 percent.
    Toshiba, 989,600, 6.5 percent
    Others, 2.5 million, 16.2 percent.
    Total: 15.3 million

    Source: Gartner

  2. "As PC sales collapse" by Lincolnshire+Poacher · · Score: 5, Informative

    All aboard the hyperbole bus!

    Still 87.5 million PCs ( desktops and laptops ) shipped worldwide in Q3 2012. Yes, MILLIONS.

    Some vendors saw a decline of 10% year-on-year. Painful, but that's not a collapse.

    In comparison in Q3 2012 Apple shipped 17 million iPads.

    So can we please stop saying that tablets have destroyed the PC market?