Counterpoint Research, a well-known market research organization, announced the global smartphone AP (application processor) shipment share and sales revenue share in the third quarter of 2023. in,In terms of smartphone processor sales revenue, Huawei HiSilicon returned to the top five in the world with a 3% share.
Judging from the sales share in the third quarter,Qualcomm still ranks first with 40% share. Since most of the high-end models of many Chinese mobile phone manufacturers use Snapdragon 8Gen2, this has promoted the growth of the brand.
Apple ranked second with a revenue share of 31%.The iPhone 15 series first used the 3nm A17pro processor, which significantly increased its cost, driving its sales share to increase by 23% month-on-month.
MediaTek, which ranks first in shipments, only accounts for 15% of sales., ranked third. Samsung ranks fourth with a market share of 7%.
Huawei HiSilicon returned to fifth place for the first time in the third quarter, regaining 3% of the market share. This is mainly due to the hot sales of the Mate60 series equipped with Huawei's self-developed Kirin chips in the third quarter.
Currently, Huawei Mate60 series, MateX5 and Huawei MatePad Pro 13.2 inches are equipped with Kirin 9000S Kirin processor.
If nothing unexpected happens,The next mid-to-low-end models such as the nova series and Changxiang series will also gradually switch to the new Kirin..
Previously, Korean media TheElec recently reported that due to strong demand for the Mate60 series, Huawei has set a smartphone shipment target of 100 million units next year, which is 40% higher than previous agency forecasts.
This also means that Huawei’s demand for Kirin chips will be quite large next year.
There is no doubt that this will further increase the share of Huawei HiSilicon Kirin chips in the entire mobile market.