Samsung, Xiaomi and OnePlus all build their best-selling phones on Qualcomm silicon, and Qualcomm has written to its customers to say processor prices rise by a double-digit percentage on anything shipped after 1 September. Bloomberg reported the letters on 24 July. The company told clients it has run out of room to absorb what its own suppliers charge. Qualcomm has declined to comment. The rise lands on Android alone — Apple designs its own phone processors — and it lands on an Indian market where the average launch price has already climbed 69 per cent in a year.What Qualcomm told its customersAbout The AuthorAt heart, I am a storyteller drawn to the watershed moments that bend the technology landscape. I braid narrative with data, humanise statistics, and trace the arc from first spark to world-changing impact. My reportage, features and reviews are witty, sardonic, visual and vivid, using anecdote to illuminate rather than eviscerate.
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