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The rise in prices for smartphones is due to the increase in the cost of memory chips.
Since January 2026, smartphones around the world have risen in price by an average of 15 percent. This was shown by a study conducted by Counterpoint. His results were quoted by Interfax.
The reason for this dynamics was the rise in prices for memory chips. To date, more than 40 percent of models have risen in price. The biggest increases in smartphone prices were in India (21 percent), Asia-Pacific (19 percent) and the Middle East and Africa (18 percent).
In China, this device has risen in price by ten percent. As for Europe and the USA, the price increase there was estimated at seven and five percent, respectively.

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