Data from Canalys shows that based on units shipped or by revenue, Tensor chips and Pixel phones performed poorly in Q1.
Some interesting information has been spotted on research firm Canalys‘ dashboard by GizChina. The data shows the number of smartphone units shipped in the first quarter based on the designer of the application processor (AP) that powers each phone, and the number of smartphones sold by revenue broken down by the designer of the AP used to power each phone. Based on shipments, the top smartphone chip designer in the world during the first quarter of 2024 was MediaTek.
114 million units of MediaTek-powered smartphones shipped during the first quarter of this year, a 17% gain year-over-year. MediaTek also held the top spot during last year’s first quarter. Qualcomm was second based on units shipped as 75 million phones packed with a Snapdragon processor were delivered during the January through March period, 11% more than last year’s Q1.MediaTek dropped from the top chip designer to third place when ranking by average revenue of phones sold
Apple’s A-series chips, used on the iPhone, suffered through a 16% annual decline in shipments during the first quarter as 49 million iPhones were delivered in Q1. That put Apple in third place followed by China’s fabless chip designer UNISOC (formerly Spreadtrum Communications, Inc.) whose chips were found in 26 million phones shipped in Q1. Samsung’s Exynos APs were in 18 million phones shipped in Q1, off 18% year-over-year.
