Knowledge exhibits that Google’s Tensor chips and Pixel telephones weren’t aggressive throughout Q1

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.

Google’s Tensor chip (and thus its Pixel handsets) completed on the backside of each lists

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.