The demand for 5G cellphones in 2021 is predicted to be more than 500 million units

Suara.com – Request 5G cellphone is considered to be even higher until the end of 2021. It is estimated that the production of 5G cellphones will reach more than 500 million units.

Reported Bloomberg, Wednesday (5/1/2021), the largest ceramic capacitor manufacturer for smartphones, Murata Manufacturing estimates that demand for devices will increase in 2021.

Murata’s president, Norio Nakajima, even admits his workers don’t take vacation leave because they work to fulfill increasing orders.

“I hope orders will drop in February or March,” explained Nakajima.

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This high demand is expected to arise from major smartphone manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung Electronics, to competitors from China such as Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo.

They are competing to secure the capacitor component from Murata for the next device. Norio admitted that these smartphone manufacturers also hope to fill the void left by Huawei due to sanctions from the United States.

“These smartphone makers are competing for our supply capacity after being abandoned by Huawei. I am not sure how many capacitors support their estimated production of mobile phones,” said Nakajima.

Murata itself is a global leader in providing multilayer ceramic capacitors. These items are used to regulate the flow of electricity on circuit boards in electronic devices, from smartphones to cars.

“This industry has produced 300 million units of 5G smartphones during this fiscal year. I estimate it will increase to at least 500 million in the next fiscal year,” said Nakajima.

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Analysts think that Nakajima’s attitude is too conservative. Hideki Yasuda as a researcher at the Ace Research Institute does not expect demand from Apple or other smartphone manufacturers to fall this year.

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