Mobile phones are now getting more and more expensive, it is estimated that many friends have this feeling, in the past, two or three thousand can buy a very good configuration of mobile phones, especially can be equipped with flagship processors, now flagship processor mobile phones, have to start in thousands, because like Qualcomm processors, these years are really getting more and more expensive.
Looking at the Qualcomm chip price list circulating on the Internet, the processor has risen 5 times faster during Qualcomm in recent years, the price of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 in 2016 is about 300, and in 2017 it should be Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, which is about 480 yuan, 2018 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 is about 550 yuan, and in 2019, Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 is about 600.
In 2020, the price will be directly thousands, Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 is about 1010, and then because this processor is hot, so the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 price has been adjusted, and it is TSMC foundry, but this is a 7nm chip, so the price is a lot cheaper about 630 yuan.
By 2021 to 2023, Qualcomm Snapdragon Gen1, Qualcomm Snapdragon Gen2, Qualcomm Snapdragon Gen3, is about 1200, 1160, 1400, especially Qualcomm Snapdragon Gen3 has risen to 1400, which is close to the previous 1999 yuan The price of the main flagship model, so the mobile phone is impossible to be cheap, a processor occupies 1400 yuan, then it will be sold for at least 3000 yuan, Many people say that just like many stores are now opening stores to work for landlords, many mobile phone manufacturers have directly made Qualcomm make a lot of money.
The price increase of processors with the development of science and technology is actually inevitable, such as the 2016 Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, using Samsung's 10nm process, the main frequency up to 2.45GHz, the GPU is Adreno540, the current Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, TSMC 4nm process, the highest frequency of the CPU is 3.3GHz, and the GPU is Adreno 750.
From R&D to process to OEM to various improvements, it is true that the price will definitely rise, but it has risen 5 times faster in 7 years, which is indeed a bit expensive, which is also directly grafted into the hands of consumers, first of all, Qualcomm Snapdragon processor is really powerful, and the focus of some mobile phone manufacturers is the processor, and even highlight their selling points compared with friends.
There are also many people who think that Huawei's Kirin chip is banned is also a bit related, although the Kirin chip is all supplied to Huawei mobile phones, but the Kirin chip is undoubtedly a big opponent of Qualcomm chips, and even the Kirin 9000 flagship processor and some mid-range processors are not inferior to Qualcomm, like the Kirin 9000 is the world's first to use 5 nanometer process technology, 15.3 billion transistors, since the Kirin processor was banned by the United States, TSMC uses a lot of American technology and equipment, and it can't be foundry for Kirin.
In 2021, there will be a shortage of chips in the world, Qualcomm is dominant, and naturally the price has risen all the way, fortunately, the MediaTek Dimensity series has also performed well in the past two years, at present, manufacturers such as vivo have many models using the Dimensity series, or the price is not high, and the price is estimated to rise, and the purple processor and Kirin processor are also working hard to move forward, and Chinese chips are now disgusted and look forward to better performance.