MediaTek might have overtaken Qualcomm in US Android marketshare
MediaTek might have just beaten out Qualcomm to claim the biggest market share of any chipmaker for Android phones in the United States - at least, according to one analyst group.
According to IDC's quarterly mobile phone sales tracker, as Q4 2021 MediaTek chips account for 51 percent of all Android phones in the United States, compared to 47 percent for Qualcomm, as spotted by PCMag. Those numbers are a stark inversion from the previous quarter, where MediaTek had a 41 percent market share to Qualcomm's 56 percent.
There are conflicting reports, however: Counterpoint Research's own report puts the Q4 2021 split at 55 percent for Qualcomm, and 37 percent for MediaTek, so it's possible that Qualcomm is still holding on to its crown for...