Finally Mediatek Outperformed Qualcomm for the First Time

KOMPAS.com – MediaTek become a vendor chipset the world’s largest smartphone for the first time, in the third quarter of 2020. Mediatek managed to beat its closest competitor so far, Qualcomm.

According to the latest research Market Monitor Service from CounterpointThis happened after MediaTek managed to control 31 percent of the market share chipset smartphone world, because of sales rebound smartphone in the quarter.

This number has increased when compared to the same period in 2019, where MediaTek only controlled 26 percent of the market share chipset smartphone, as compiled KompasTekno from Counterpoint, Saturday (26/12/2020).

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Slightly different, this year Qualcomm only controlled 29 percent of the market share in the same category.

Research Director Market Monitor ServiceDale Gai said that the strengthening of MediaTek’s market share in the third quarter of 2020 occurred for three reasons, one of which was the strengthening of performance in mid-range smartphones.

“Especially smartphones in the price range of US $ 100-250 (around Rp. 1.4 million to Rp. 3.5 million) as well as growth in key regions such as China and India,” said Gai.

According to Gai, market developments in Latin America (LATAM) and the Middle East and Africa (MEA), also helped Mediatek become a vendor chipset the biggest smartphone in this period.

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Another reason is that MediaTek has also succeeded in exploiting loopholes created by the US ban on Huawei. Then emerged as an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of leading products, such as Samsung, Xiaomi and Honor.

In addition, share chipset MediaTek at Xiaomi itself has more than tripled since the same period last year.

The report also said that the affordable MediaTek chip made by TSMC would be the first option for many OEMs to quickly fill the gap left by Huawei.

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For information, although narrowly less in the market share sector chipset Globally, Qualcomm actually posted a strong profit from last year, in the segment chipset high class.

Qualcomm establishes itself as a vendor chipset 5G is the largest after controlling 39 percent of the market share of 5G mobile phones, which were sold worldwide in the third quarter of this year, as contained in the same report ,.

Demand for 5G smartphones is known to have doubled in the third quarter of 2020, or around 17 percent of all smartphones sold in that period.

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