The total production of handsets, including smartphones, by Taiwan makers are expected to grow 25% sequentially to 37.4 million units in the fourth quarter of 2007 before declining to 35.02 million units in the first quarter of 2008, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report, which quoted data released by Taiwan's Market Intelligence Center (MIC).
According to MIC data, the production of typical mobile phones will total 31.18 million units in the fourth quarter of 2007 before dropping to 28.8 million units in the first quarter of 2008, whereas the production of smartphones will top 6.22 million units each in the two correspondent quarters, the EDN said.
