According to a recent report published by EET Asia, using data from Handset Component Technologies (HCT), Sony captured nearly half of the smartphone image sensor market, by revenue, in 2020. Behind Sony was Samsung and OmniVision at 29% and 10%, respectively. The remaining 15% is comprised of other, unnamed sensor manufacturers. It’s a big market dominated by a small number of firms, with 85% of smartphone image sensor revenue captured by the top three firms. 46% market revenue share is a considerable amount and remains far ahead of Samsung in second place. However, Sony did lose market share to Samsung, OmniVision and other manufacturers in 2020. Sony’s dip doesn’t appear to be due to the coronavirus pandemic, but rather because Huawei, a key buyer of Sony sensors, faced sanctions and lost its own market share. Regarding the pandemic and its impact in 2020, early last year, Sony warned that its image sensor business could be ‘enormously’ hit by the coronavirus outbreak. It doesn’t seem to have been ‘enormously’ hit yet, but the impact of the pandemic has not yet been fully realized, especially considering an ongoing critical shortage in semiconductors. ‘The pandemic did little to dent the image sensor […]
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