Digitimes is reporting that pretty soon Samsung may be overtaking major netbook manufacturers Asustek and HP as the number 2 netbook seller Europe (for now may be, who knows the U.S. market may be the next). If that happens Samsung will be closely trailing behind Acer which is said to be the number 1 netbook seller in Europe today.
Although Samsung has just shipped around 2.15 million netbooks in 2009 globally, 1 million of those units were shipped in Europe alone. This gave Samsung a 5% of the overall netbook market share in Europe. This also places Samsung at the no.6 overall in the European netbook market.
Now, the possibility of emerging at the number 2 spot depends on whether Samsung could deliver on the expected netbook shipment of around six million units for the rest of 2009 and over 10 million units in 2010. If that happens, it can finally reclaim the number 2 spot from Asus.
And mind you, this is said to be not too far from happening since Samsung has been enjoying a good sales performance in Europe, partly because it has successfully bundled its netbooks with major mobile telecom carrier.
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
Samsung Poised to Become the No.2 Netbook Seller in Europe
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