Global Users Preferences for Android Phones for Q4 2020
The tough year of
2020 is over finally. There should be no one in the world who wants to live
through 2020 again. A variety of unimaginable disasters occurred around the
world in 2020, and it looks more like the end of the world in "2012"
that was rumored many years ago.
Fortunately,
everything has passed away at the end of 2020, and all problems will always be
solved over time.
Today, we have
worked out the users preference ranking in the fourth quarter of 2020 based on
the backstage data of Antutu. What kind of mobile phone do Antutu users prefer?
Let's see the outcome.
It should be noted
that Antutu preference ranking is based on the phone configuration of Antutu
users, so it does not represent the preference of the overall Android phone
market.
Screen size: Unpopular
small-screen flagships
In the fourth
quarter of 2020, 6.5-inch screen size becomes the mainstream, and its market
share continues to rise by 3.1% to 16.7%, compared with the third quarter.
However, this increase rate is not the highest. The market share of 6.7-inch
screen size rises by 6.8% to 13.9% in the fourth quarter, ranking No. 2, and it
is almost doubled in the fourth quarter, compared with that of 7.1% in the
third quarter.
Except these two
screen sizes, the market share of other screen sizes is lower than that in the
third quarter, and the 6.6-inch screen size has the highest decrease rate of 4.8%.
At present, the
problem of mobile screen development is no longer whether it is large enough,
but is how to improve the screen-to-body ratio. In fact, even the size of 6.6
inches or 6.7 inches is acceptable now. Truly, there may be no market for small-screen
flagships such as iPhone 12 mini.
Screen resolution: Still
1080P, with significant improvement of high refresh rate
With regard to
screen resolution in the fourth quarter, the market share of only 1080×2400 rises by 13.3% and is doubled, compared
with the third quarter. The market share of other resolutions shows a
downtrend.
It should be noted
that, it is still 1080P, and such change results from the change in the
corresponding mobile screen size. Nevertheless, as long as the figure 1080 is
involved in the resolution, it is still 1080P. Actually, screen resolution
still fails to advance towards a higher 2K level. Instead, an increasing number
of new phones have been improved significantly in terms of the refresh rate.
Processor brand: Continuous
increase of market share of MediaTek
In the aspect of processor brand, the market share of Qualcomm processors rises by 1% to 58.5% (nearly 60%), compared with the third quarter. It is still strong.
MediaTek suddenly rises
thanks to its overall layout of high-end, medium-end and low-end chips in the
new competition terrain of 5G, achieving continuous increase of market share.
Its market share rises by 2.5% to 14.9%, compared with the third quarter.
Although MediaTek's market share is still much lower than Qualcomm's 58.5%, it has
already become the second largest processor brand of Android phones.
The market share of
Samsung and Hisilicon is 13% and 12.3%, respectively. The Exynos processor of
Samsung is now only used by Samsung itself and Vivo from China, so it is not
easy for Samsung to achieve such market share. This demonstrates that Samsung
mobile phones still have a certain market share in the global market while the market
share of Hisilicon Kirin chip may continue to fall because of the ban.
Number of cores
(CPU): Market share of octa-core chips up to 96.3%
The market share of
octa-core chips continues to rise for a third consecutive quarter by 1.2% to
96.3%, compared with the third quarter. However, the market share of other multi-core
chips is reduced slowly.
After rounding off,
almost all mobile phones are octa-core phones. Even though there are some
quad-core and hexa-core mobile phones, they barely have any effect on this
chart or the status quo, and they are just some outdated mobile phones.
However, it is the
existence of these outdated mobile phones that will make it difficult for
octa-core phones to reach 100% market share. After all, it will take a very
long time to completely eliminate those obsolete phone models, mainly due to social
factors.
RAM: Great market
share increase of 8GB RAM
Compared with the
third quarter, the market share of only 6G RAM, 12G RAM and 8G RAM rises in the
fourth quarter, with the increase rates of 0.8%, 0.9% and 3.9% respectively.
Judging from the increase
rates, 8G RAM has become the mainstream RAM configuration for current mobile
phones. Although 6G RAM has the highest market share (35%) in the fourth
quarter, it is easy to understand that with the launch of new mobile phones, 8G
RAM will replace 6G RAM sooner or later. Insufficient RAM may make your mobile
phone more and more sluggish.
ROM: 128GB becomes
the mainstream
In relation to
storage capacity of mobile phones, 128GB ROM still ranks No. 1, as is expected.
Its market share rises by 4.2% to 45.5%, compared with the third quarter. After
all, the size of any one application may be dozens or hundreds of megabytes nowadays
while the phone camera is generally configured with 48 megapixels, 64
megapixels or 100 megapixels at least and the storage space of 64G ROM mobile
phones may be filled up with just dozens of photos. Therefore, the minimum
configuration of 128GB ROM is a must.
The market share of
256GB ROM continues to rise by 2% to 12%, compared with the last quarter. Now
that 128GB has become a minimum configuration of new mobile phones, the growth
of 256GB is well-reasoned. After all, the mobile phones with high configuration
naturally require larger ROM.
The market shares of
32GB and 64GB ROM continue to decrease by 2.5% and 3.4% respectively, compared with
the third quarter. The continuous decrease reveals that, 32GB ROM and 64GB ROM easily
filled up with just a few photos and applications, should be replaced with a
speed like 5G network’s speed in the increasingly fast 5G era.
Android OS version:
Percentage of Android 10 is close to 80%
Based on the distribution chart, Android 10 accounts for the highest percentage in the fourth quarter, up to 78%. It increased by 14.6%, compared with the third quarter, thanks to the rapid follow-up and optimization of various mobile phone manufacturers. By contrast, Android 9 plunges by 16.2% to 11.5%. At present, Android OS develops towards getting better and more standardized, as we can see.
For current Android
mobile phones, not only users want to use the newer system, but also mobile
phone manufacturers are doing a good job of optimization and follow-up. Often,
mobile phone manufacturers quickly follow up soon after a new Android OS version
is released to experience the change and upgrade of the new version, especially
the upgrade of the security patch. Predictably, the chaotic situation in which
multi-generation Android OS versions appear simultaneously as what in the early
days of Android phone development is like, will be a thing of the past.
The above content is
about the global users preference ranking of Antutu in the fourth quarter of
2020. Looking back the change of preference ranking in 2020, it is very
positive. The memory and screen get bigger and bigger, and Android system also
becomes increasingly newer, securer and better. Compared to the entire awful
2020, the development of mobile phones is still very positive and upward.
It should be noted
again that the ranking list only represents the preferences of Antutu users and
does not represent the configuration distribution of the overall Android mobile
phone market.