Samsung is getting greedy when it comes to the Taiwanese handset market (and the world handset market, we might add). But as Gordon Gekko has said – “Greed is good!” 🙂
Anyway, Samsung will end this year with sales of 1.1 million mobile phones, surpassing its target of one million units. The good numbers obviously gave them wings to plan an increase in handset sales of more than 70% year-over-year. According to VP of the mobile communication unit at Samsung Taiwan, Scott Huan, the Korean giant plans to take up to a 25% share of the Taiwan mobile phones market with shipments totaling 1.8 million units in 2008.
And while that may seem as a way too ambitious goal, Samsung plans to accomplish its goals by launching at least two new handsets per month, with half of the new models being 3G handsets.
At the moment, the Korean handset manufacturer holds a third position in the country, and accounts for a 14.8% share in terms of unit sales and a 9.9% share in terms of sales value.
[Via: JampBLOG]