Narrative: Smartphone Apps Processor Market Tracker Q2 2025 – Modest gains as industry heads into H2 25

Discover how AI-ready flagship devices are driving Q2 2025 smartphone processor growth, with insights on shipments, revenue, and market share across 18 vendors.

The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market rose 2 percent year-on-year in unit growth during Q2 2025 with corresponding revenue increase of 4 percent year-on-year. Smartphone market will increasing be defined by the success of flagship devices and adoption of generative AI and the latest silicon (with on-board AI accelerators) that power it. This report tracks stand-alone and integrated smartphone applications processor unit shipments, revenue market share and ASPs for 18 chip vendors from Q1 2008 to Q1 2026.