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Smartphone OEMs Are Now Resorting To Recycling DRAM That Is 5 To 6 Years Old To Push Up Shipment Volumes

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Who would have guessed that the AI-driven 'new normal' would suddenly turn the entire consumer electronics industry much more environment-conscious, diligently ripping off older DRAM and recycling it to pinch pennies? And yet, this is exactly what a host of Chinese smartphone OEMs are now doing to try to push up their shipment volumes from near-stasis levels. Base smartphone variants from Chinese OEMs are now much more environment-friendly, cour…

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The shortage of memory chips and the rise in prices in the global market are forcing some smartphone manufacturers in China to use recycled components from old equipment for the production of new phones.Due to difficulties in securing new chips, manufacturers have begun to buy defective phones and accessories old electronics, from which they extract components that can be used again. Among the devices that serve as a source for these chips are o…

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Due to the sharp rise in the price of memory semiconductors, Chinese smartphone companies are increasingly extracting and recycling memory chips from discarded terminals. The recycled chip market, which was formed around Huaqiang Bay in Shenzhen, is playing a role in reducing the cost burden of low-cost phone manufacturers, and is also forming a new distribution ecosystem by meeting the demand for discontinued chips for general consumers.

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In the face of continuing memory shortages, Chinese smartphone manufacturers are moving towards the use of used components recovered from written phones and computers in new products, reporting some Chinese media.

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조선일보 broke the news on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
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