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AI boom squeezes cheapest smartphones out of the market

Original: The AI boom is making the cheapest smartphones disappear

A surge in AI data center construction is driving up demand for memory chips, pushing prices higher and squeezing out the world's cheapest smartphones. Rest of World reports that manufacturers can no longer make budget phones profitably as memory costs rise, threatening to widen the digital divide for low-income users who rely on entry-level devices to get online.

Why now: Memory chip shortage driven by AI infrastructure spending is raising phone prices, raising concern about affordability and the digital divide.

Rest of WorldAI data centersmemory chip makersbudget smartphone manufacturers

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• The AI boom is making the cheapest smartphones disappear · jethronethro · 46
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