According to a survey conducted by TrendForce, due to the consideration given by smartphone brand factories to prioritizing channel inventory adjustment and the impact of the epidemic, the global output of smartphones in the second quarter of this year was only about 292 million smartphones, a quarter-on-quarter decrease of 6%, a 5% decrease compared to the same period in 2021.
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As the main sales force in Europe, Samsung was forced to carry out a series of inventory adjustments for finished products and parts due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including large-scale promotions, suspension of parts procurement, etc. As a result, the production volume in the second quarter dropped by nearly 16.3% quarterly to 61.8 million.
The second quarter is a transition period for Apple’s new and old models, and it is mostly the quarter with the lowest annual production performance. In the second quarter, places were affected by the epidemic, and despite the impact on the supply chain, the output of 48.2 million units was still produced in the second quarter, ranking second in the world.
TrendForce also predicted the price of the upcoming iPhone 14 series, saying that the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max among the four new models will be upgraded to A16 (TSMC 4nm) processors, and the memory capacity will be increased to LPDDR5 6GB and 256GB. , the main lens pixel is increased, plus the Face ID design changes, etc., it is estimated that the starting price will also rise.
