The new Dimensity 8000 chipset will advance Mediatek’s portfolio among higher-end handsets.
Mediatek is now the No.1 chipset provider for Android phones in the US, the company announced on Tuesday, in a shocking reversal of fortunes for usually dominant Qualcomm. The news comes courtesy of analysis firm IDC’s quarterly mobile phone sales tracker, which says that in the fourth quarter of 2021, Mediatek commanded 51% of US mobile Android market share. The trick is going to be pushing that number up. Mediatek’s dominance, general manager Finbarr Moynihan said, comes from being the chipset provider in several blockbuster phones costing under $400, most notably the Motorola Moto G Pure, the Samsung Galaxy A12, the Samsung Galaxy A32, and the T-Mobile Revvl V+. Android phones costing over $400 in the US generally rely on Qualcomm or Google processors. Pushing into a new US market, Mediatek said it has gotten millimeter wave certification «with a major US operator» (likely Verizon) and will have midrange millimeter-wave smartphones in the US in the second half of this year.
