Smart Phone Bill of Materials (BoM) – Electronic Components and Suppliers List

Every smartphone hit the market promising to offer the users a superior experience. The modern-day mobile devices are much powerful and capable of fulfilling most of the computing demands. A smartphone can do all the things PCs, DVD players, digital cameras, GPS navigation devices, camcorders, MP3 players, and many more can. Hence, the global smartphone market has reached four billion in 2016 and is expected to reach six billion by 2020. Tablets have replaced the need for a notebook while large size smartphones (phablets) are replacing the tablets. The technology advancement in semiconductor chips, speeder networks, larger screen sizes, better battery life and manufacturing strategies designed for scalability - all have collectively contributed towards the rapid growth in the smartphone market. Smartphone Hardware Ecosystem – Is it Complex? Users these days of multi-tasking, people expect smartphones to suffice their wide requirements. The growing demand require smartphone to perform better in terms of computing power (especially for entertainment purposes), extended battery life, slimmer design, and feature-rich capabilities. On the other hand, mobile phone manufacturers (OEMs) have to overcome the hurdles like, RF design challenges, space constraints (for small form-factor designs), low power consumption, competitiveness, and above all the cost-factor. More than ...