Independent phone and laptop manufacturers are redesigning products, testing memory shipments for counterfeit parts, and passing higher costs to consumers as a memory shortage squeezes entry-level devices. Executives told Reuters that availability, rather than price, determines which orders can be filled and that constraints could persist through 2027. The shortage follows manufacturers directing capacity toward higher-margin memory used in AI systems, leaving smaller device makers with fewer allocation options.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/smaller-phone-laptop-makers-dig-years-memory-scarcity-2026-09-16/
