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• Completed 2 straight years as global PC leader: We continued to win in our core PC
business, achieving a record market share of almost 20%, and highlights include record
share level in all Geos.
• We also set new records in smartphones and tablets:
– In smartphones, we shipped a record 76 million units and strengthened our position
as the world’s #3 smartphone company. The addition of Motorola helped us expand
to more than 60 markets worldwide, making us a truly global smartphone company.
And now, almost 60% of smartphone volume comes from outside of China, giving us a
global footprint that is a true competitive advantage.
– We again had record volume in our tablet business, selling almost 12 million units and
outperforming the market by 24 points over the year, becoming #3 in the world. Our
strong performance was driven by strong growth in EMEA and our innovative new
Yoga Tablets in the premium segments.
• We greatly strengthened our Enterprise business through a combination of strong organic
growth with the x86 acquisition. Our ThinkServer business grew 50% year-on-year, and
System X is well positioned to grow in share and profitability.
• We continued to strengthen our Ecosystem business, with approximately 400 million
users and 70 million active monthly users. Two of our star apps – SHAREit and SECUREit
– have become major successes globally.
• We again demonstrated our innovation leadership, with great new products driving our
growth across all product lines. This year we won a record 77 awards at the Consumer
Electronics Show, the world’s largest and most prestigious technology event, and 20
awards at the 2015 Mobile World Congress, the top mobile technology event.
Our record performance is the result of our proven formula for success:
• A clear strategy that balances delivering strong short-term results with reaching
long-term objectives: We protect our core PC business, increasing profitability even as
we continue to see strong opportunities for growth, particularly from the
continuing consolidation in the industry. In Enterprise, we protect profit
as we push for rapid growth. In Mobile and Ecosystem/Cloud, we are
clearly attacking to drive growth and gain share. Our clear strategy
continues to drive strong execution worldwide.
• Our commitment to and investment in innovation that
differentiates our products: Lenovo’s investments in innovations
continue to drive growth through differentiation across our entire
product portfolio. Lenovo continues to be the clear leader in the PC
space, where we defined new “multimode” PC space with products
like Yoga, and we also brought great innovation to markets in
smartphones, tablets and servers. In addition, we are recognized for
innovative software, such as our SHAREit and SECUREit apps. With
our investments in key component technology, materials development,
and software, you can expect a new generation of innovative products
that are both more exciting and more useful for our customers.
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2014/15 Annual Report Lenovo Group Limited