Overview

Global smartphone SoC sales declined by 11% YoY in Q2 2026, primarily due to rising memory costs and cautious inventory management by smartphone OEMs. Among the major smartphone SoC vendors, MediaTek, Qualcomm, and UNISOC recorded double-digit YoY decline in sales. The low and mid-tier segments is impacted the most, as OEMs are likely to reduce entry-level models and optimize their product portfolios to protect margins.

What the Full Report Will Cover

This report tracks smartphone SoC sales across all major chipset vendors and leading smartphone OEMs, including Samsung, OPPO, vivo, Xiaomi, Honor, Lenovo, Transsion, and Huawei. It provides historical data from Q1 2023 through Q2 2026, enabling a detailed analysis of SoC deployments across the global smartphone market. The report also offers insights into smartphone sales by network – 4G and 5G.

Who Should Read This

Industry stakeholders, including foundry players, smartphone SoC vendors, smartphone OEMs, licensing players, law and patent firms, component vendors, memory vendors, materials suppliers, and financial institutions, tracking the smartphone chipset market, competitive market shares, chipset value chains, bill-of-materials analysis, ASP trends, technology developments, geopolitical impacts, in-house development efforts, AI adoption, global smartphone SoC sales and competitive dynamics.

Key Questions the Report Answers

• How is the smartphone SoC sales share shifting among leading smartphone OEMs and SoC vendors?
• Which SoC vendors are gaining or losing share across major smartphone OEMs?
• How is 5G and 4G SoC adoption evolving across smartphone OEMs?
• What are the key trends in SoC deployment across the global smartphone market by chipset vendors?
• What is the impact of memory prices on BoM costs and the smartphone SoC market?

Companies Mentioned

Qualcomm
MediaTek
Apple
Google
Samsung
HiSilicon
UNISOC
Xiaomi
ARM
TSMC
Samsung
SMIC