{"id":155111,"date":"2026-07-24T11:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155111"},"modified":"2026-07-24T11:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:30:05","slug":"surging-memory-chip-prices-make-profitable-budget-phones-impossible-analysts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155111","title":{"rendered":"Surging memory chip prices make profitable budget phones \u2018impossible\u2019, analysts say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostAs the memory chip shortage persists, budget smartphone makers are taking the hardest hit, with analysts warning that low-priced handsets have become \u201cimpossible to manufacture\u201d profitably.<br \/>\nThe cost of memory for handsets priced under US$100 is expected to surge 400 per cent in the third quarter of 2026, with the bill of materials for the most common configuration reaching US$70 from just US$14 in the same period last year, according to data from research firm Omdia.<br \/>\nCurrent memory prices have&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3361769\/surging-memory-chip-prices-make-profitable-budget-phones-impossible-analysts-say?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostAs the memory chip shortage persists, budget smartphone makers are taking the hardest hit, with analysts warning that low-priced handsets have become \u201cimpossible to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155111"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}