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AI boom pushes cheapest smartphones out of reach

Original: The AI boom is making the cheapest smartphones disappear

Demand for memory chips from AI data centers is driving up component prices, forcing phone makers to cut production of budget smartphones. Reporting by Rest of World argues the shortage is widening the digital divide, as entry-level devices vanish from markets where affordable phones are the main way people get online. Readers are debating whether AI infrastructure growth is pricing low-income users out of connectivity.

Why now: AI data centers are consuming memory chip supply, raising costs and threatening access to cheap phones worldwide.

Rest of WorldAI data centersmemory chip makerssmartphone manufacturers

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• The AI boom is making the cheapest smartphones disappear · jethronethro · 41
• The AI boom is making the cheapest smartphones disappear · whiteblossom · 11

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