14 DAY TRIAL // Even with all the so-called uncertainties regarding the market for PCs, it seems that Acer still succeeded in boosting its sales of both desktop and mobile personal computers, at least in the China market.
Since a new quarter has more or less ended recently, IT players are taking turns revealing their financial results.
Acer has not exactly done so, but Digitimes managed to score a report on its performance on the Chinese market.
Apparently, the China market is not as negatively affected by economical issues as other regions, Like Europe, so Acer actually managed to achieve a strong PC sales growth rate.
To be more specific, Acer's shipments through channels on the Chinese market, and prior to the start of the national holidays on October 1, rose at a rate of 40 % to 50 % percent compared to the same period of last year.
This placed it on the number five spot as supplier of notebooks in China after holding a 7 percent share during the second quarter.
Acer is also expected to gain additional revenues of between NT$5.5 and NT$5.6 billion, the equivalent of US$178.15 to US$194.34 million, in the fourth quarter.
This will be possible as Acer will incorporate Founder, a company based in China, around the middle of the ongoing month.
These numbers are, of course, not official, them being mere estimates made by Digitimes' so-called sources, although they are still quite telling of Acer's status.
All in all, the Chinese market is expected to generate Acer revenues of roughly NT$46.5 billion throughout the whole year of 2010 and even grow to NT$77.5 next year.
Of course, as it would or would not be expected, Acer itself chose not to comment on this report.
In related news, Lenovo also managed to achieve sharp sales during the same period when Acer itself jumped upwards.