According to Taiwan Media Digitimes, the demand for chips from Chinese mobile phone manufacturers is very strong. The recent revenue growth of chipmaker MediaTek has risen sharply. This is due to the strong demand of Chinese smart phone manufacturers for their chips.
It is reported that MediaTek’s revenue in March reached NT$20.11 billion, an increase of 58.2% from February. According to industry sources, mobile phone makers such as Huawei, OPPO, Vivo and Xiaomi are accelerating their chip sales orders for new products. be prepared.
According to statistics, Huawei, OPPo, Vivo and Xiaomi’s four mobile phone manufacturers account for 70% of the Chinese smartphone market, and are among the first tier mobile phone manufacturers. They are also actively deploying overseas markets. MediaTek and Duntai Technologies It is the supplier of these several manufacturers, this means, after getting the order of Big Four, MediaTek's performance this year will be very optimistic.
However, it is also worth noting that some market observers believe that the Chinese smart phone market will be slightly less optimistic in 2018. China was once the engine of growth in the global smart phone market, but according to the report of the market analysis organization Canalys, 2017 China Smart The mobile phone market suffered the first decline in shipments.
According to a report from the China Institute of Information and Communications Technology, in the first quarter of 2018, smartphone shipments in the Chinese market totaled 81.87 million, a year-on-year drop of 27%.