Original title: Qualcomm Inc expects to ship 450 million 5G mobile phones in 2021 to 750 million in 2022

According to foreign media reports, 5G has been used in some countries this year, and smartphone manufacturers such as Huawei and Samsung have also launched 5G handsets. Analysts expect Apple Inc to launch three 5G iPhone next year.

Global sales of 5G smartphones are also expected to increase significantly after more and more mobile phone manufacturers join the 5G camp, especially after the launch of the 5G iPhone by Apple Inc, the leader of the high-end smartphone market.

Qualcomm Inc, the world's largest provider of mobile phone chips, recently predicted that 450 million 5G smartphones will be shipped worldwide in 2021, while 2022 shipments will increase to 750 million.

Qualcomm Inc gave his forecast for shipments of 5G smartphones in the next few years on analysts' Day 2019 in New York on Tuesday, local time.

Although Qualcomm Inc rarely forecasts smartphone shipments, as the world's largest supplier of mobile phone chips, it supplies processors to Samsung and other global mobile phone manufacturers, as well as baseband chips to Apple Inc. After the settlement, Apple Inc's 5G baseband chips are also expected to be supplied by Qualcomm Inc, so he has a close relationship with most smartphone manufacturers around the world. It also has high credibility.

Qualcomm Inc had expected global shipments of 5G smartphones next year, 2020, to be between 175 million and 225 million, and his latest forecast of 450 million in 2021, an increase of more than 100 per cent year-on-year compared with 2020.

According to Qualcomm Inc's forecast, global shipments of 5G smartphones will reach 1.375 billion in the next three years, and the world will also usher in a wave of 5G mobile phone upgrades.