Dell’s first quarter revenue in China grew 44% in the second half of new smart phone push

May 21 message, with the enterprise market to pick up, Dell ushered in the past few Dell Latitude D610 Battery quarters, the best growth performance of a quarter. As of today, Dell announced April 30, 2010 performance in the first quarter, the total income of 14.9 billion U.S. dollars, up 21%, while in the Chinese market, year over year revenue growth of 44%.

From the business point of view, consumer business grew 16%, the lowest increase in four major sectors. And large enterprises to achieve business unit income of 4.2 billion, up 25%, public utilities, 3.9 billion total revenue of the Department, up 22%, SME Division total revenues 3.5 billion U.S. dollars, up 19%.

However, it is noteworthy that the four business units, the lower the profits of the Consumer Business Unit, operating income was 17 million U.S. dollars. Dell’s side said the next targets, will continue to enhance profit margins.

Dell’s global consumer and SME Division president Stephen @ Phyllis to answer questions that Netease technology, technology update cycle has come to start the operation of the enterprise market, while the financial crisis on the enterprise market has gradually subsided, there will be continued next growth.

In addition, Phyllis said, Dell will be released this year in Europe and the United States market, 5-inch Tablet PC, and next year into the Chinese market, in addition, Dell will launch later this year in China, several smart phone.

China continued to perform well below the BRIC average growth rate

Dell’s earnings, said the quarter’s revenue growth in the Chinese market 44% is Dell Fujitsu Lifebook s6000 Battery important growth engine. This is expressed in many quarters Dell’s continuous rapid growth in China, but in Brazil, India, Russia and China, which composed of the BRICs, China’s growth slow.

Data showed Dell’s revenue in the BRIC average growth of 60%, while achieving 90% growth in India, Baxi Da 81%.

Phyllis said the slower growth rate in China is mainly due to the Chinese market has great volume of business, this is the world’s second largest market.

However, the 44% growth rate is the result contains a number of operations. Phyllis introduced in China and India, the Department of Consumer business achieved revenue growth of 100% over the previous year.

Market share lost to Acer from the Internet this

From the third quarter of 2009, Acer beyond Dell as the world’s second-largest PC maker after. Phyllis said that this data is primarily due to low-end Dell notebooks on the Internet and other products of the different views, he believes Dell’s high-end PC market, good, and this area has very high profit margins.

“Our opponents on the Internet over this some publicity, we think that the Internet can not replace the full notebook.” Phyllis said, tablet PCs and notebook computers on the Internet this is complementary products, rather than the alternative.

Starting this year in Europe and the United States to introduce more Tablet PC smart phones in China

Phyllis said that Dell’s business is also actively exploring the development of smart phones and Tablet PC market opportunities. Which Dell will market in Europe and the United States this year, starting within 5-inch Tablet PC, the product or will enter the Chinese market in 2011.

In the smart phone, the Phyllis said that the Chinese market, Dell is a “test field”, HP Pavilion DV4000 Battery Dell and China Mobile launched Ophone will release several new models this year, no date yet.

Aspects of the system for smart phones, Phyllis said, Dell will not develop its own set of operating system, Dell’s strategy in this area is clear, that is, and operators with the use of open systems.

Dell today announced first quarter fiscal 2011 earnings. The report shows that Dell’s first-quarter net profit of 441 million U.S. dollars, up 52% over last year; sales of 14.874 billion U.S. dollars, up 21% over the same period last year.

In the subsequent conference call, Dell said that Dell’s net profit increased substantially due to the past period of time, cost control very good results.

With the move to launch smart phone for Dell, in large part with the global test of means. It is reported that Dell will be the year a few smart phones released in China. Dell will also introduce 5-inch flat panel, the first in Europe and the United States starting in the second half, but when entering China is not yet determined, but should be in the next year.

Dell’s strategy in the smart phone or with operators, mobile phone operating system, Dell said it has always been an open strategy, and no plans to build a dedicated mobile phone system.

Although the Internet this accounted for a large share, but Dell does not have high expectations of the Internet. Dell said that notebook shipments in the Internet accounts for the great part, but the publicity of the competitors on the Internet too far, in fact, the Internet can not be a substitute for laptops, only to add type of mobile devices.

Dell said that the reason for the overall loss in the notebook Acer, the major gap, including the Internet, including the low end of the market. But Dell said its market share in many high-end, and that access of the low profit margins.

In the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Dell’s business to achieve sustained growth, Dell’s total revenue in these countries increased by 60%, revenue growth in the Indian market up to 90%, 81% growth in the Brazilian market, Dell this fiscal quarter, revenue in China increased by 44%, Dell is an important growth engine.

Asia-Pacific and Japan revenue growth of 33%, still more than 20% of the global level, Sony VGP-BPL2 Battery this quarter’s revenue of 2.7 billion, almost a best quarter profits, in addition to other parts of Japan have remained relatively stable growth. Both desktops, notebooks, servers and other product lines are all double-digit growth.

Dell expressed satisfaction with the growth of the Chinese market in 2006, China’s annual revenues of about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, is now an annual income of close to 50 million, four to five years tripled.