First-quarter 2021 smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors amounted to 212 million units, maintaining a similar level to the prior quarter and soaring 56.9% from a year ago.
Fourth-quarter 2020 smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors amounted to 211.6 million units, up 9.9% quarter-over-quarter and 7.7% year-over-year.
Smartphone application processor shipments to China-based vendors amounted to 192.6 million units in third-quarter 2020, up 13.4% quarter-over-quarter and down 9.5% year-over-year.
Second-quarter 2020 smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors amounted to 169.9 million units, down 20.6% year-over-year but up 25.8% quarter-over-quarter.
Smartphone application processor (AP) shipments to China only amounted to 135 million units in first-quarter 2020, plunging more than 30% on quarter and 12.2% on year.
Second-quarter 2019 smartphone application processor (AP) shipments to China showed 39.1% sequential growth, higher than previously expected, buoyed by early inventory ramp-up in anticipation of rising US-China trade tensions.
Smartphone AP shipments to China slid 29.3% sequentially in first-quarter 2019 under the influence of system integrators' inventory adjustment and fewer working days.
Smartphone application processor (AP) shipments to China in fourth-quarter 2018 declined 10% quarter over quarter with system manufacturers adjusting shipment targets downward.
Having posted a sequential gain of 13.9% in the third quarter of 2018, shipments of smartphone-use application processors in China are expected to decrease 4.6% in the fourth quarter as smartphone vendors have become more conservative on pulling in orders due to lower visibility in demand in the end market, according to Digitimes Research.
With smartphone vendors putting in aggressive efforts toward second-half sales in an attempt to reach their whole-year objectives, smartphone AP shipments will likely benefit from high season effects in the third quarter.
