Smartphone Shipments Fall 22% as Memory Costs Surge, with Recovery Not Seen Before 2028
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The smartphone market recorded the most severe decline in history in the quarter ended on September 30, after the cost of memory chips led to a 22% decrease in phone deliveries, up to 255.3 million units, a situation that, according to the IDC market research firm, is expected to worsen, according to Bloomberg, ...
The smartphone market has never fallen as much as it did in the third quarter of this year. There are several reasons for the decline, with memory prices increasing, consumers postponing replacements, and shipments from Chinese manufacturers collapsing. Apple and Samsung are gaining market share in the shrinking market. We will be covering similar topics at our Portfolio Investment Day conference on October 21. One of the biggest investment even…
The global smartphone market experienced its biggest decline on record in the third quarter, shrinking by 22 percent due to the sharp rise in memory costs. Research company...
Smartphone Shipments Suffer a Record Slump, and Even Apple and Samsung Are Down
TECH NEWS – Rising memory costs have taken a heavy toll on the smartphone market: preliminary IDC figures show shipments falling 22 percent in the third quarter of 2026. Samsung and Apple both gained market share, but each shipped fewer devices than the year before. According to IDC, 255.3 million smartphones shipped worldwide between July and September. That marks the steepest quarterly year-over-year decline in the research firm’s database, …
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