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Chinese White-box and Counterfeit Netbook PCs: Current Status and Future Industry Impact

Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute
August 20, 2009
14 Pages - SKU: MICI2430226

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Countries covered: China

White-box and counterfeit netbook PC companies in China have tried to take advantage of the netbook PC market wave and push their own netbook PC products. Until now, white-box and counterfeit netbook PC market development has been volatile: many companies have entered this market, while at the same time many companies have exited. This report examines the current development status of Chinese white-box and counterfeit netbook PCs and analyzes their future impact on the netbook PC and notebook PC industry.

1. Current Development of White-box and Counterfeit Netbook PCs in China

1.1 Background

1.1.1 White-box and Counterfeit Netbook PC Market Development Volatile

1.1.2 Chinese Government Aims to Upgrade White-box and Counterfeit Product Industries

2. Copying the Success Model of Black-market Mobile Phones Not Easy

2.1 Key Success Factors for Black-market Mobile Phones

2.1.1 Low-cost Strategies

2.1.2 Short Time-to-Market

2.1.3 Aggressive Attitude by Distribution Channels

2.2 Challenges for White-box and Counterfeit Netbook PCs

2.2.1 Technology Barriers

2.2.2 Potential Market Volume

2.2.3 Consumer Behavior

2.2.4 Threats from Branded Products

3. Impact of Chinese White-box and Counterfeit Netbook PCs on Netbook/Notebook PC Brands, Contract Manufacturers, Component Suppliers

3.1 Brands

3.1.1 Near-term Future

3.1.2 Mid-term Future

3.1.3 Long-term Future

3.2 Contract Manufacturers

3.2.1 Near-term Future

3.2.2 Mid-term Future

3.2.3 Long-term Future

3.3 Component Suppliers

3.3.1 Near-term Future

3.3.2 Mid-term Future

3.3.3 Long-term Future

4. Conclusion

4.1 Chinese White-box and Counterfeit Netbook PCs Cannot Fully Copy Success Model of Black-market Mobile Phones

4.2 Impact on Netbook PC/Notebook PC Industry Expected to Be Limited in Near-term Future; In Long-term Future, Potential Impact on Notebook PC Contract Production

Appendix

List of Topics

1. Background of Chinese white-box and counterfeit netbook PC product companies

2. Current development of Chinese white-box and counterfeit netbook PC products, including product development, competition with branded products etc.

3. Challenges for the development of Chinese white-box and counterfeit netbook PC products, including technology barriers, limited market volume potential, consumer usage models and consumer expectations, and price competitiveness of branded products

4. Near-, mid- and long-term future impact of Chinese white-box and counterfeit netbook PC products on netbook/notebook PC brands, contract manufacturers and component suppliers

5. Companies and organizations analyzed or mentioned in the report include: Acer, Asus, Axus, Compal, CZCTech, FIC, Gigabyte, Great Wall, Intel, Lengda, Lenovo, Mediatek, MSI, Quanta, Topstar, VIA

List of Tables

Table 1 Types of Companies in the Netbook PC Industry

Table 2 Impact of Chinese White-box and Counterfeit Netbook PCs on Existing Netbook/Notebook PC Industry

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