Surprise! The 5 most popular phones are powered by neither Snapdragon, nor MediaTek

If you read tech blogs, you would be left with the impression that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets, and the up-and-coming MediaTek processors are ubiquitous in the smartphone world, while handsets without one of those in, are outliers.
Research firm Strategy Analytics ran its thorough analysis of the mobile phone industry for the last quarter, and amongst all the market share movers and shakers is tucked this bombshell – none of the top 5 most popular phones in Q2 is powered by these two omnipresent chipset families. 
It’s an interesting …

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