Foxconn May Produce A Smartphone For Vizio In 2013

Foxconn May Produce A Smartphone For Vizio In 2013

Chinatechnews is reporting that, “Taiwanese OEM Foxconn may produce a smartphone for Vizio in 2013.

Vizio is America’s leading LCD HDTV provider. The company  has over 60% share of the above 60-inch TV market in North America.

According to the report:

[quote] Fujiconn, a subsidiary of Foxconn, will be responsible for the production of the smartphone. Prior to this, Vizio cooperated with Foxconn in the launch of 60-inch and 70-inch large TVs in the U.S. in November and December 2012, respectively.

The company plans to increase its TV shipments to seven million units in 2013. Vizio said that Vizio’s cooperation with Foxconn has been successful and they worked together to turn large-screen TVs from concept to reality in only three months. [/quote]

The company has recently revealed its ambitions to enter the Tablet PC at the Consumer Electronic Show 2013. Michael Gorman’s hand-ons on report for Engadget suggested that the Vizio Tabet PC, “seems like a fine piece of hardware.”

Source: Chinatechnews