The market for smartphone image sensors was dominated by the Japanese technology giant Sony in 2021, followed by Samsung at a long distance. The market grew by 3% year-on-year and reached 15,1 billion dollars (about 339,3 billion CZK). This was reported by Strategy Analytics.
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Sony's share of this specialized market was 45% last year, Samsung, or rather its Samsung LSI division, lost 19 percentage points to the Japanese giant. The Chinese company OmniVision finished third with a share of 11%. These three companies accounted for the majority of the market in 2021, namely 83%. When it comes to the smartphone photo sensor application, depth and macro sensors reached a 30 percent share, while "wide" sensors exceeded 15%.
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According to analysts Strategy Analytics, the three percent year-on-year growth of the market is due to the increase in the number of sensors in smartphones. Today, even low-end phones are common to have a triple or quad rear camera. Let us recall that last year Samsung introduced the first photosensor in the world with a resolution of 200 MPx and within a few years plans to introduce a sensor with an incredible resolution of 576 MPx.
