Why the iPhone is about to get more expensive
The short version
- A price hike from the supply-chain powerhouse would be the clearest sign yet that soaring memory costs have become unavoidable - with no end to the memory crunch in sight.
- Call it " chipflation " or " RAMageddon ." The shortage is reversing a decades-long decline in memory costs that helped make consumer electronics more powerful without making them…
- The terms "memory prices" and "memory shortage" appeared in 473 company transcripts last quarter, according to data provided by AlphaSense .
The story
When Apple debuts the next generation of iPhones this week, they're likely to come with an unwanted change: a higher price tag. A price hike from the supply-chain powerhouse would be the clearest sign yet that soaring memory costs have become unavoidable - with no end to the memory crunch in sight.
Call it "chipflation" or "RAMageddon." The shortage is reversing a decades-long decline in memory costs that helped make consumer electronics more powerful without making them dramatically more expensive. The terms "memory prices" and "memory shortage" appeared in 473 company transcripts last quarter, according to data provided by AlphaSense. The …
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