Qualcomm Widens Lead with Multi-tier Snapdragon Portfolio
and Captures a Record 58 Percent Revenue Share
Boston, MA - September 29, 2014 - The global smartphone applications
processor (AP) market grew 22 percent year-on-year growth to reach $5.2
billion in Q2 2014, according to Strategy Analytics Handset Component
Technologies (HCS) service report, “Smartphone
Apps Processor Market Share Q2 2014: Qualcomm Captures 58 Percent
Revenue Share”
Click here for the report: http://bit.ly/1Cn8IdN
Based on Strategy Analytics estimates,
Qualcomm, Apple, MediaTek, Spreadtrum and Samsung
captured the top-five smartphone AP spots in Q2 2014. Qualcomm topped
the smartphone AP market with 58 percent revenue share, followed by
Apple with 14 percent revenue share
and MediaTek with 13 percent revenue share.
According to Sravan Kundojjala, Senior Analyst, “Qualcomm
continues to widen the lead and captured a record 58 percent revenue
share in the smartphone AP market in Q2 2014, thanks to its strong
momentum in LTE smartphones. Strategy Analytics believes that the multi
price-tier Snapdragon processor portfolio continues
to serve Qualcomm well.”
Stuart Robinson, Director of the Strategy Analytics
Handset Component Technologies service details, “Strategy Analytics estimates
that stand-alone AP unit share dropped to 21 percent in Q2 2014
compared to 28 percent in Q2 2013 and this can be attributed to
increased shipments of low-to-mid range smartphones, which often feature
baseband-integrated APs. Stand-alone AP vendors
HiSilicon and Samsung are also now shipping baseband-integrated APs in volume to address mid-range smartphones.”