This highly detailed report shows the top-500 best-selling smartphone models globally in terms of their revenue, value share, wholesale ASP, and price band in the fourth quarter of 2023. The models included in the report cover 97% of the total smartphone revenue in Q4 2023, including all major vendors as well as many locally significant microvendors.

Global cellular smartwatch shipments fell for this first time ever by 6% YoY in the fourth quarter of 2023. Cellular penetration also fell slightly during the quarter as consumers reign in discretionary spending amid macroeconomic weakness and geopolitical uncertainty. Albeit from a low base, cellular smartwatches still outperformed the overall smartwatch market in 2023 as cellular penetration among smartwatches continues to rise slowly but steadily.

In this research bulletin, it is predicted that servers will increasingly incorporate higher densities of DRAM, facilitated by advancements in technologies such as CXL (Compute Express Link) and HBM (High Bandwidth Memory). These technologies enhance the potential for DRAM integration, meeting the growing demand of traditional workloads which are becoming more memory-intensive.

Global cellular smartwatch shipments fell for this first time ever by 6% YoY in the fourth quarter of 2023. Cellular penetration also fell slightly during the quarter as consumers reign in discretionary spending amid macroeconomic weakness and geopolitical uncertainty.

The global smartphone fingerprint sensor market recorded more than 10% revenue growth in Q4 2023. Qualcomm grew its share, taking the top spot followed by Goodix and Egistec in the quarter. The market saw improvement in stocking activity for optical and ultrasonic fingerprint sensors for OLED-based customer sets in the period.

A large number of second-tier MICROVENDORS are playing a meaningful role in the global wearables market, flooding the market with new, niche, and segmented offerings. Global wearables shipments declined for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2023 amid continued economic weakness and geopolitical uncertainty, causing a lengthening replacement cycle and limiting consumer spending.

The smart TV market continues to decline in Western Europe as consumer demand remain weak with households impacted by cost-of-living crisis but as inflation starts to ease, the market is expected to return to growth in 2024 with the coming Olympic games providing a boost to the replacement cycle. This analysis examines the state of the smart TV market and smart TV operating system (OS) market in Western Europe as of Q4 2023.

The global memory market for smartphones achieved recovery with revenue growth exceeding 30 percent in Q4 2023. The seasonal demand drove the customer stocking of memory chips having the latest specifications, enabling the market to rebound annually.

The external aspect of the device is crafted from aluminum, serving as the primary component of its thermal design. This housing functions as the primary heat dissipater, absorbing and dispersing heat generated from within the device. The primary heat-producing integrated circuits (ICs) are covered with TIM (thermal interface material), establishing a connection with the housing, and facilitating the transfer of heat to ensure effective heat dissipation.

The YMTC 1 Tb 232L quad-level-cell (QLC) 3D NAND flash memory device is packaged inside the YMTC YMN0AQF1B1HCAD NAND flash memory package, which was found on the ZhiTai Ti600 M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe 1 TB solid state drive (SSD). This Internal Waveform Overview (IWO) analysis provides an overview of the internal voltages required to program, read, and erase the flash memory cells.