MediaTek, Qualcomm, Apple, Huawei HiSilicon, Ziguang Zhanrui top five, CINNO Research China mobile phone SoC Q1 ranking released

IT House May 7 news, according to data from market research firm CINNO Research, in the first quarter of 2022, smartphone SoC shipments in the Chinese mainland market were about 74.39 million, down 14.4% year-on-year, compared with the fourth quarter of last year. The chain slightly increased by 0.7%. Among them, the month-on-month increase in shipments came from the increase in shipments from MediaTek and Qualcomm.

It is reported that MediaTek ranked first in China’s smartphone SoC market with a share of 41.2% (an increase of about 7% year-on-year), Qualcomm ranked second with a share of about 35.9% (an increase of about 4% year-on-year), and the third to fifth The names are Apple, HiSilicon and Ziguang Zhanrui.

Analysts believe that under the influence of factors such as the epidemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war crisis, market demand and consumer purchasing power have a downward trend. In the first quarter of 2022, the domestic smartphone market was in a downturn, with a year-on-year decline in sales, which in turn led to lower SoC sales figures.

In the first quarter of 2022, the competition pattern of smartphone SoC brands in the Chinese mainland market remains unchanged, with MediaTek and Qualcomm still leading, followed by Apple. It is worth noting that MediaTek’s quarterly shipment share advantage has further expanded, and its shipment share in the first quarter exceeded 40%, setting a record high in a single quarter of market share since 2015.

According to reports, the share of shipments of Apple and HiSilicon both decreased month-on-month and year-on-year. Among them, Apple experienced the largest month-on-month decrease, which was due to the strong base of Apple’s strong shipment cycle in the previous quarter; HiSilicon’s year-on-year decrease was the largest, due to Chips cannot be produced after the US sanctions, but they still maintain stable monthly sales, and the inventory has not bottomed out; MediaTek’s shipments have doubled year-on-year, while Qualcomm has declined year-on-year.

IT House has learned that MediaTek’s market share is about 40.5% in smartphone 5G SoC shipments in the mainland Chinese market this quarter; at the same time, Qualcomm’s share is about 36.8%.

According to data from CINNO Research, the repeated outbreak of the new crown epidemic in March this year has led to a continuous decline in domestic smartphone SoC sales. In March, the domestic smartphone SoC market shipments were about 20.04 million units, down about 24.7% year-on-year and 14.6% month-on-month, continuing the double drop year-on-year and month-on-month.

In March, against the backdrop of a double drop in terminal shipments, MediaTek’s SoC terminal shipment market share continued to increase to 41.4%, an increase of about 0.6 percentage points month-on-month and secured the first place; UNISOC’s shipments dropped the most month-on-month, about was 22.6%.

Among the overall shipments of China’s smartphone SoC market terminals in March, the proportion of 5G SoCs dropped slightly to 83.3%. Among the sub-brand terminal shipments, the proportion of 5G SoC in Qualcomm SoC terminal shipments dropped to 84.1%, a decrease of about 2% from the previous month, and the proportion of 5G in MediaTek SoC terminal shipments was about 82.9%, an increase of about 0.4% from the previous month.