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Mediatek Dimensity 9000: Xiaomi, Oppo, Honor and Vivo install the 4nm chip first
by Jan Johannsen
Thanks to Samsung: Mediatek outpaces Qualcomm in the U.S.
2.3.2022
Translation: machine translated
In the last quarter, more Android smartphones with processors from Mediatek than from Qualcomm were sold in the USA for the first time. However, only one analyst group sees this change at the top so far.
Mediatek was previously considered a supplier of cheap processors for very inexpensive smartphones. However, the manufacturer has left this niche and recently presented a chipset with the Dimensity 9000 that is supposed to keep up with or even surpass the best of the competition. However, no smartphone with the Dimensity 9000 is available in Europe yet.
Contradictory numbers
The British PCMag has noted the change at the top of the processor market shares in the IDC Group's "Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker". In the analysts' report, Mediatek comes in at 48.1 percent market share in the U.S. in the fourth quarter. Qualcomm lands at 43.9 percent.
The rise of Mediatek is mainly due to three smartphones: The Samsung Galaxy A12, Galaxy A32 as well as the Motorola Moto G Pure make up 51 percent of the smartphones sold with Mediatek processor in the fourth quarter in the U.S. according to IDC - and 24 percent of all Android smartphones.
However, there are conflicting numbers. For example, The Verge reports that Counterpoint Research comes to 37 percent for Mediatek and 55 percent for Qualcomm for the fourth quarter in the US. Worldwide, however, Mediatek is ahead of Qualcomm with 33 percent and 30 percent, respectively. Mediatek has lost share and Qualcomm has gained share in the quarterly comparison with the previous year.
Unisoc, which has made it to fourth place with strong growth, has so far mainly been found in Nokia's lowest-priced models.
At Mobile World Congress 2022, Mediatek unveiled two processors for mid-range smartphones, the Dimensity 8000 and Dimensity 8100. These could ensure that Mediatek's market share will increase further in devices in the price range of 400 to 700 Euros, Francs or Dollars.
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