Motherboard Another one bites the dust: Foxconn

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Foxconn to pull plug on channel business

Exclusive: The end is nigh

There have been a lot of rumours circulating Foxconn's channel business for quite some time, but it now seems like they're all coming true, as Foxconn has finally decided to pull the plug on Foxconn Channel which is the division that makes Foxconn's retail products.

Foxconn never quite got its retail motherboard business off the ground, despite several promising products, the channel division was plagued by production delays which resulted in disgruntled partners and potential customers.

Many products barely made it further than to the press release stage before being superseded by another product that promised more and better features. The products that made it out on the market were often not live up to their claims and weren't competitive enough compared to more established brands, both in features and pricing. However Foxconn did gain a following of enthusiast users on some of its high-end models that proved to be good overclocking platforms.

Despite all the problems that has plagued the Foxconn Channel division it'll be sad to see them go, not least for the fact that it means less competition on the market, but also because the latest generation of products had started to shape up and become quite a threat to some of the more established brands.

Our sources are telling us that Foxconn Channel will pull the plug in June, but we're not sure if this will be before or after Computex, but we doubt that Foxconn Channel will be attending the show. The staff has already been given marching orders, although we'd expect this to be a somewhat slow process until the division is closed altogether.

It might be a bad time to invest in a Foxconn motherboard right now, although we'd expect there to still be support for the current products for some time after the channel division has been closed, as Foxconn as a company will of course still be around.

We'll bring you more on this as and when we get more details.
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Depois da Abit, parece que é a vez da Foxconn, no mercado retail.
 
Então um gigante destes não consegue ter uma divisão de retail? fogo... devem tar e abituados e a fazer pos outros...
 
Continuam a fazer o que faziam antes... componentes de boards... e continuam a ter o seu mercado... talvez seja a secção das mobos a arder... nada de mais... cá em PT nunca vi uma Foxconn :D
 
Vi umas quantas Foxconn (principalmente modelos baratos) ali pela ***** que acho serem os representantes mas de resto também eram muito raras...

Como eles mesmo dizem nunca existiu grande negócio logo não se perde grande coisa...
 
Cheguei a montar algumas mas as boards não valiam nada... e para aí 20% das boards da foxconn que vendi vieram para trás passado algum tempo (e não foram assim tantas quando isso :P)
 
Afinal parece que é mentira a noticia! Poden ler neste Link o desmentido por parte da Foxconn!

Neste momento cá em Portugal, quem representa a Foxconn é a Micro Máquinas (que é do grupo da JP Sá Couto).

Pelos vistos já não há marcas que façam boas boards, porque até as grandiosas Asus encostam à box mais vezes do que se imagina!
 
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destr0yer disse:
Não é uma grande perda também. Eram muito residuais, então no nosso mercado era um ZERO gigante!!!
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Zero ridondo não era, e se for é por culpa dos preços malucos da Foxconn nos modelos mais atraentes...se é que me entendes:D

Outra coisa, em PT vende-se por exemplo o modelo BlackOps, aquela máquina para OC, mas a um preço de 350Euros o que não é nada simpático.
 
Foxconn denies closure of channel business


Official response
Despite what our sources are telling us and the fact that Foxconn has already closed down one office in Taipei, Taiwan, where its consumer motherboard products were designed, we've been contacted by Foxconn with regards to our story that their channel business was to shut its doors.

A Ms Sidney Tsai that works for the PR department at Foxconn's mother company, Hon Hai Technology, got in touch with us and informed us that the Foxconn Channel business is not set to close. The email also suggests that Foxconn will be at Computex this year.

However, we're still very certain that our sources are correct in the matter that Foxconn will be pulling out of the high-end motherboard market. We have many reasons for believing so and we can only bide our time now for an official announcement or confirmation from another third party source.

To be clear, we never said that Foxconn was closing down, just that one small division was being closed. We might've gotten the specific name of this department slightly wrong in our initial story, but this doesn't make the story any less true.

We'll keep an eye on the developments as they proceed and keep you up to date if there are any changes to this story.
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Rachao disse:
Afinal parece que é mentira a noticia! Poden ler neste Link o desmentido por parte da Foxconn!

Neste momento cá em Portugal, quem representa a Foxconn é a Micro Máquinas (que é do grupo da JP Sá Couto).

Pelos vistos já não há marcas que façam boas boards, porque até as grandiosas Asus encostam à box mais vezes do que se imagina!
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Bem, parece-me então que ou troca o fornecedor ou não sei, é que tenho ouvido que a Micro Máquinas vai fechar.

Quanto à parte da Asus, concordo contigo. Principalmente nos portáteis nota-se um decréscimo de qualidade.

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