Huawei and STMicroelectronics design chips_Xiaomi ranks first in India's Q1 mobile phone sales

On April 28, according to the Nikkei News report, Huawei, China's largest communications manufacturer, will work with STMicroelectronics to jointly develop chips. In addition to smartphones, it will also involve chip development in the automotive field such as autonomous driving.

According to sources, STMicroelectronics is now only Huawei's chip supplier. The joint chip development began as early as 2019. Neither party has publicly announced it. People familiar with the matter said that the first joint development project is mobile-related chips for Huawei's Honor series smartphones.

STMicroelectronics produces professional gyroscopes, accelerometers, motion, optics and imaging sensor chips, and is also a leading automotive chip supplier.

In addition, according to Nikkei Asian Review, citing sources familiar with the matter, Huawei will be able to obtain software products from American companies such as Synopsys and Cadence after the cooperation with STMicroelectronics, which will help Huawei respond to US restrictions.

Neither Huawei nor STMicroelectronics have commented on the news of joint development of chips.

The latest report on Indian mobile phones in Q1 2020 shows that Xiaomi, Vivo and Samsung rank among the top three sales

According to the latest report from Counterpoint Research, despite the impact of the new crown epidemic, the Indian smartphone market shipments in the first quarter of 2020 increased by 4% to 31 million units. Shipments were reported to have increased in January and February due to new launches and active promotions. However, the industry plunged 19% in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, limiting overall growth for the quarter to 4%.

Among the market shares in the first quarter of 2020, Xiaomi dominated with 30%, followed by Vivo, Samsung, Realme, Oppo, etc., accounting for 17%, 16%, 14%, 12% and 11%. According to the report, Xiaomi grew 6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020, reaching its highest market share since the first quarter of 2018. In the first quarter of 2020, Vivo grew 40% year-on-year due to the strong performance of its Y series smartphones.

Realme grew up to 119% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020, most of which was driven by the 5i and C3. Realme's sister brand Oppo grew 83% in the same quarter on the back of demand for budget segment devices A5 2020 and A5.

Apple also witnessed 78% year-on-year growth, with iPhone 11 driving strong shipments. Different offers and discounts offered by Flipkart and Amazon increase sales.

In terms of feature phones, the market fell by approximately 24% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020. Ranking first is Itel, with a market share of 22%, followed by Lava, Samsung, Nokia, Micromax and other companies, with market shares of 15%, 15%, 13%, 7% and 27%.