Smartphone market is no more hotcake-like

Is smart phone market following the same pattern of PC market, where a high market growth followed by slow growth and then slight-fall? The leading smart phone IC vendors such as Qualcomm and Mediatek have reported lesser revenues compared to previous quarter and also year earlier. In the major markets such as China, where smart phones are no more hot cakes, compared to the demand seen 12 months back. Below is the sales revenues of leading smartphone chip vendors for the first two quarters of 2015 and also the second quarter of 2014, during which the smart phone market grew fast. Mediatek's revenues: First Quarter 2015: 1Q15 consolidated revenue of NT$47,536 million, down 14.3% from the previous quarter Second quarter 2015: 2Q15 consolidated revenue of NT$47,044 million, down 1.0% from the previous quarter Second quarter 2014: 2Q14 consolidated revenue NT$54,133 million, up 17.7% from previous quarter of first quarter 2014. Qualcomm's revenues: Q3 Fiscal 2015 for the three quarter ending 28 Jun 2015: US$ 5.8 B Q2 Fiscal 2015 for the three quarter ending 28 Mar 2015: 6.9B Q3 Fiscal 2014 for the three quarter ending 28 Jun 2014: US$ 6.8 B Samsung which is a customer of QUALCOMM, is using more of its own smart phone chips in its smartphones. "Lower sell through in China of certain handset models using our premium-tier chipset", QUALCOMM ...