Memory chip costs for budget phones have surged 400% this year, analysts say, making devices under $100 effectively impossible to manufacture profitably right now.
Apple is testing memory chips from CXMT, a state-backed Chinese chipmaker on the Pentagon’s watchlist. Washington pushed back once before. It likely will again.
Apple doesn’t need to give the MacBook Neo DDR5 memory, a desktop-class NPU, or 16GB of RAM.
Two research firms just confirmed what the memory crisis feels like: more expensive phones and laptops, with no meaningful price relief before 2028.
The RAM crisis that killed Nothing’s next budget phone could make your next budget Android phone significantly more expensive.
Nothing’s Carl Pei says the part of your phone you never think about, RAM, is now its single most expensive component.
With the Galaxy Z Fold 8 just months away, Samsung has raised the price of the Fold 7, signaling that rising component costs are already reshaping the economics of premium foldable phones.
As RAM and storage prices surge, smartphone brands may look to hybrid storage solutions like microSD cards to keep costs under control.
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The Galaxy S26 costs more, offers a free storage bump as consolation, and points to a broader crisis — one that’ll reshape phone pricing well beyond Samsung’s lineup.
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Samsung’s MX division faces mounting pressure from surging memory prices and Apple’s competitive positioning, casting uncertainty over final Galaxy S26 series pricing ahead of launch.
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