In the first quarter of this year, quad-camera phones accounted for almost 20 percent of global smartphone shipments. OPPO, Xiaomi, Huawei and Samsung together account for 83 percent in the nearly 60 million quad-camera smartphone shipments globally, according to a Counterpoint report.
Counterpoint expects the multi-camera trend to continue, with smartphone CMOS image sensors in 2020 ( (CIS) is likely to achieve high single-digit growth in shipments.
According to Counterpoint's Component Tracker survey, this year's Each smartphone shipped in the first quarter contained an average of more than 3.5 image sensors, with the increase primarily due to quad- The popularity of camera-like-head designs in mid-to high-end smartphones is on the rise, jumping to nearly 20 percent during this period.
Counterpoint expects the smartphone industry to continue its trend toward multi-camera systems.
Although its strong growth may be slightly diminished by the novel coronavirus outbreak. However, the irreversible trend towards multi-camera setups and the widespread adoption of 3D sensing systems is expected to continue in the smartphone CIS segment in the High single-digit shipment growth by 2020, with shipments expected to reach an all-time high of 5 billion units.
Counterpoint notes that OPPO, Xiaomi, Huawei and Samsung are adopting quad-camera At the forefront of image head setups, in the first quarter of 2020, in quad-camera image heads and five-camera In total, these manufacturers accounted for 83 percent of smartphone shipments.
From a brand perspective, Realme was the brand with the largest number of quad-camera designs in the first quarter. with nearly two-thirds of its smartphone sales powered by rear-mounted quad-camera systems.
OPPO is next, with rear-mounted quad-camera handsets accounting for more than half of its smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2020.
Xiaomi is trending above the market average, while Samsung and Huawei are still selling a lot of low-end models, and in the quarter, rear quad-camera systems account for less than a third of all smartphone shipments.
As camera functionality has become the smartphone's One of the key differentiators, we expect quad-lens functionality to become the standard for the mobile phone industry moving forward, said Tom Kang, research director at Counterpoint.
Leading smartphone brands will, by leveraging a diverse portfolio of lenses and sensors and increasing AI computing power, continue to Enrich and enhance the photography and video capture experience, and explore AR applications, Kang said.
