China’s handset market and domestic brands were among the hardest hit as chipmakers prioritized AI data centers over consumer electronics

July 13 : Global smartphone shipments fell 11 per cent in the second quarter to their lowest level for the period since 2013, as a prolonged memory chip shortage drove up handset…

Phone prices are soaring because of the memory crisis.

Memory prices are up sixfold, with smartphone, computer sales to fall by 200m units

The memory crunch has dragged down global smartphone shipments to the lowest second-quarter levels in 13 years.