In what is nothing short of a huge shocker, TrendForce has just reported that memory costs continue to escalate rapidly, and currently constitute nearly half of a given smartphone's Bill of Materials (BOM). In this melee, Apple remains relatively insulated for now after having instituted a series of cost management steps. TrendForce: "Memory, which historically accounted for around 10–15% of a smartphone’s BOM, has now surged to 30–40%" In a hard-hitting report, TrendForce has just reported that the cost of a typical 8GB+256GB memory configuration has surged by nearly 200 percent year-over-year in Q1 2026, roughly tripling from the same […]

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