Most smartphones rely on dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and NAND flash memory chips.
By
Dennis Musau
Technology Correspondent
Nation Media Group
The global smartphone market has slumped to its weakest second quarter in more than a decade as the artificial intelligence (AI) I infrastructure boom diverts memory chips away from consumer electronics, driving up handset prices and squeezing demand in sensitive markets like Kenya.
China’s handset market and domestic brands were among the hardest hit as chipmakers prioritized AI data centers over consumer…
The global AI memory squeeze is pricing cheap phones out of existence.
India's smartphone slowdown highlights how the AI boom is reshaping consumer electronics, from pricing and demand to corporate…
Phone prices are soaring because of the memory crisis.
The memory crunch has dragged down global smartphone shipments to the lowest second-quarter levels in 13 years.
LPDDR prices surged 250% in a year as Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron redirected wafers to AI. India's sub-$100 smartphone market…
