Sony and Samsung are the two big players in the smartphone photo sensor market. The Japanese technology giant has traditionally had the upper hand in this area compared to the South Korean one. However, the gap between the two is narrowing, at least according to a report by Strategy Analytics.
Strategy Analytics says in a new report that Samsung was the second largest manufacturer of smartphone photo sensors last year in terms of revenue. Samsung's LSI division, which makes ISOCELL smartphone photosensors, had a market share of 29%. The share of Sony, the market leader, was 46%. The third in the order was the Chinese company OmniVision with a 15% share. While the gap between the two tech giants may seem large, it actually narrowed slightly year-on-year – in 2019, Samsung's share was less than 20%, while Sony controlled over 50% of the market. Samsung has narrowed this gap by introducing different high-resolution sensors and newer technologies. Its 64 and 108 MPx sensors were particularly popular with smartphone manufacturers such as Xiaomi, Oppo or Realme. Sony, on the other hand, bet on the sanctions-plagued Huawei with its photo sensors. Samsung is currently said to be working on a photo sensor with a resolution of 200 MPx And also on 600MPx sensor, which may not be intended for smartphones.
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