Snapdragon 8Gen3+ satellite communication chip price increase? The consumer market welcomes the new test: netizens say economic pressure!
As we all know, since Huawei was used by American chips"Grab the packet"Since then, the global chip market has also happened"Bloody"changes, many chip giants suffered"Black Hurricane"。The performance declined, the inventory pressure increased, and the situation was not optimistic. Not only China's chip industry, but also the core industry of the United States is completely out of balance, there is no doubt that the United States suppressed China's chips in the past is a disaster that no one can avoid for the global chip industry.
Affected by the United States fanning the flames some time ago, the global wafer industry has entered"Winter period"From [oversupply] to [oversupply], the environment is changing too fast, and many companies have no time to react. As far as TSMC is concerned, when the integrated circuit industry is oversupplied, its foundry will often speed up the construction of new production lines and continue to buy a large number of integrated circuit manufacturing equipment. And when the wafer industry was oversupplied, TSMC had suspended the purchase of EUV lithography machines from ASML and canceled the construction of new production lines, while the capacity utilization rate was less than 50%.
TSMC is not alone, in addition to integrated circuit manufacturers are struggling, integrated circuit manufacturers are also struggling, such as Micron, Qualcomm, Intel, Samsung, etc., their performance has declined sharply, and many CEOs of major American giants have complained to the U.S. authorities about the suppression of China's main allegations.
Of course, in addition to the excitement of the chip industry, the slowdown of the consumer market is also an important factor affecting the supply and demand of chips. In 2024, there will be new changes in the chip market, after the digital gossip table, the first water of chips will rise, and the new machine will also continue to use the satellite communication function after the year, which will lead to a series of mobile phones equipped with Snapdragon 8gen3+ satellite communication chips, and the cost will also increase. Therefore, this is a new test for mobile phone manufacturers and the consumer market.
In view of this, many friends may have questions: since the price of chips has risen, why use one more satellite communication chip? Obviously, most ordinary users will not use the satellite communication function. In fact, digital bloggers have long said that satellite communication is"Mobile phone manufacturers must keep up with the technology regardless of whether they use it or not"。
The reason for this is that satellite communications are closely related to 6G deployment strategies. After the Huawei Mate60 series takes the lead in realizing the satellite call function, in addition to domestic mobile phone manufacturers, Samsung, Apple, etc. will follow this technology, which is an important trend in the development of the industry!
Of course, with the development of chips, mobile phone manufacturers are also facing greater pressure. Cost increases, or they raise the price and pass on the price increase to consumers, or they maintain the original price and squeeze their profit margins, which are nothing more than these two options. But what is certain is that once mobile phone manufacturers raise prices, it will inevitably affect consumers' consumption sentiment, which will directly affect the shipment of new mobile phones.
The average replacement cycle of global consumers has been extended to 51 months, and many netizens have said"Can't afford it"、"It's too expensive"。Obviously, many consumers are already dissatisfied with smartphones, and if they adjust at this time, it is likely to completely extinguish consumers' enthusiasm and desire to choose new phones for mobile phones. Do you think that with the increase in the price of SIM cards, the price of smartphones should also increase? Feel free to leave a comment!