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iPhone: Big in Taiwan

True Apple iPhones are proving just as popular in Taiwan as the “iClone” knockoffs peddled by Asian counterfeiters. According to December retail data, the iPhone–though it only launched last month–is already the sixth most popular handset in Taiwan. Apple (AAPL) sold 12,000 iPhones in the region during December, 2.2 percent of all cellphones sold. That’s a far cry from the 29.8 percent and 18.1 percent shares claimed by Nokia (NOK) and Sony Ericsson, respectively. But it’s relatively close to Motorola’s (MOT) declining 8.3 percent share. An impressive first-month showing for Apple.

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  1. according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.....nes_in_use
    the number cellphone users in taiwan is 23,249,000 and your market share size is 545,000. Are you saying one of out four people changed their cell phone in the month of December?

    Posted by philip Chu at January 21st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
  2. Correction to the previous comment. i meant to say one out of forty.

    Posted by philip Chu at January 21st, 2009 at 5:20 pm

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