Sony is the market leader in optical sensors for smartphones. The company has earned leadership for a long time, and so far no one claims to the throne, but new data from Strategy Analytics indicate that Samsung is actively increasing its share.
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According to the results of the first quarter, Sony occupied 46% of the market, and Samsung – 29%. Another 10% at OmniVision. For comparison, last year Sony had more than 50% of the market, while Samsung was content with only 20%.
Analysts believe that the Japanese giant will face increasing pressure from competitors due to the loss of one of its largest customers, Huawei. In general, the market for image sensors for smartphones grew by 13% over the year.
“The pandemic did little to dent the image sensor market growth as CIS vendors observed strong demand from smartphone OEMs who aggressively adopted high-resolution sensors and higher sensor count across smartphone tiers in 2020,” says Jeffrey Mathews, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics.
“Samsung, OmniVision, and SK Hynix continued to take share from Sony as the vendor lost key business owing to sanctions on Huawei. We expect Sony’s market dominance will be increasingly threatened by the rising competition in the smartphone image sensor market.”
