Some attention-grabbing info has been noticed on analysis agency Canalys’ dashboard by
GizChina. The information exhibits the variety of smartphone models shipped within the first quarter based mostly on the designer of the appliance processor (AP) that powers every telephone, and the variety of smartphones bought by income damaged down by the designer of the AP used to energy every telephone. Primarily based on shipments, the highest smartphone chip designer on the planet throughout the first quarter of 2024 was MediaTek.
114 million models of MediaTek-powered smartphones shipped throughout the first quarter of this yr, a 17% achieve year-over-year. MediaTek additionally held the highest spot throughout final yr’s first quarter. Qualcomm was second based mostly on models shipped as 75 million telephones full of a Snapdragon processor had been delivered throughout the January via March interval, 11% greater than final yr’s Q1.
MediaTek dropped from the highest chip designer to 3rd place when rating by common income of telephones bought
Apple’s A-series chips, used on the iPhone, suffered via a 16% annual decline in shipments throughout the first quarter as 49 million iPhones had been delivered in Q1. That put Apple in third place adopted by China’s fabless chip designer UNISOC (previously Spreadtrum Communications, Inc.) whose chips had been present in 26 million telephones shipped in Q1. Samsung’s Exynos APs had been in 18 million telephones shipped in Q1, off 18% year-over-year. That was good for fifth place.
No chip designer had extra telephones shipped in Q1 carrying their utility processors than MediaTek
Behind
Samsung in sixth place was Huawei’s HiSilicon unit. Huawei is banned by the U.S. from receiving cutting-edge chips produced by foundries utilizing American expertise. Regardless of this restriction, China’s largest foundry, SMIC, was capable of construct the 7nm Kirin 9000s 5G chip final yr for Huawei’s Mate 60 line. This was the primary HiSilicon-designed chip with 5G made accessible to Huawei since 2020’s Kirin 9000 5G used to drive the Mate 40 line.
Huawei shipped 8 million telephones powered by its Kirin chips throughout the first quarter of this yr beating out
Google. Flat with the two million Pixel telephones shipped throughout the first three months of 2023, Google delivered 2 million Tensor-equipped Pixel telephones from January via March 2024.
The rankings certain look totally different on the prime if we base it on the income of the telephones shipped as a substitute of simply the variety of models delivered. Since MediaTek’s Dimensity chipsets are used to energy principally low-end
Android telephones, MediaTek, the chief once we take a look at the variety of telephones shipped, drops to 3rd based mostly on the income of the 114 million MediaTek carrying telephones shipped throughout Q1. Telephones working a MediaTek AP generated $23 billion in income throughout the first quarter of 2024, up 19% year-over-year.
Whereas the typical MediaTek-powered telephone value $201.75 on common, the value of the iPhone helped Apple take the highest spot based mostly on income. Telephones utilizing Apple’s A-series chips, referred to as the iPhone, created a number one $56 billion for Apple throughout Q1, down 6% from the 2023 first quarter. The typical worth for every iPhone that
Apple bought within the first quarter of this yr was $1,142.86.
Google’s Tensor chip (and thus its Pixel handsets) completed on the backside of each lists
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips will be present in some dear
Android telephones and the handsets bought in Q1 powered by Snapdragon SoCs took in $37 billion throughout Q1 for a mean worth of $493.33 for every telephone bought from January via March carrying a Snapdragon chipset. Samsung moved as much as fourth within the rankings when based mostly on income due to the
Galaxy S24 collection fashions that use the Exynos 2400 AP. The $9 billion in smartphone income attributed to Exynos-powered telephones bought within the first quarter was up 33% year-over-year. The typical worth of a
Galaxy telephone carrying an Exynos AP was $500 throughout Q1.
Huawei telephones bought within the first quarter of this yr working HiSilicon’s Kirin chipsets had been bought for $6 billion (common worth was $750) placing the Huawei unit in fifth place. With a 49% annual improve in income to $3 billion, telephones outfitted with UNISOC SoCs bought at a mean worth of $115.38.
Google completed in seventh place once more when rating by income. The greenback quantity of Pixel telephones utilizing the Tensor AP bought within the first quarter amounted to $2 billion, up 36% year-over-year. The typical worth of a Pixel unit bought within the first quarter was $1,000.
