Qualcomm chipsets are officially getting a price hike

31 July 2026
Bad news for your next smartphone purchase.


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  • sayabosanhidup
  • XVx
  • 12 hours ago

ive started warn ing and remind ing others to quickly
decide & buy new phones as early as july or july the
1st and congratulations to those wise ones who had
listened and heeded but prices have started soaring
up too about a week or two ago so let s buy a new 1

!

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    • sayabosanhidup
    • XVx
    • 12 hours ago

    alcatraz, 23 hours agoWhen you dominate the market you set the terms. Competi... morei have made up my mind by only buying any chips
    except snap dragon long before you came up with
    this idea bro & believe me the mediatek helio g 85
    is power ful enough for multi tasking & you can go
    find out more on it on vivo s y22 comment section

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    wanted to get the honor x9d and the xiao mi redmi note
    15 pro plus and the xiaomi redminote 17 pro plus which
    are perfect phones but then decided not for they all use
    snapdragon and i know that there will be future phones
    having similar specifications and designs so i m waiting

    !

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      • sayabosanhidup
      • XVx
      • 13 hours ago

      machalatte, 15 hours agogreat phone prices are gone, and this just made it worse. 🙁... morethe only few thing s people could do is
      decide a phone to buy and buy it soon

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      and i think it might cost $400
      as early as january 2027 bro

      !

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      i think for those who prefer an ip66 ip68 ip69 ip69k with
      7year of battery lifespan could choose the realme c100

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      as for those who prefer an ip68 ip69 ip69k with a 5
      years of battery life could choose the tecno camon
      50 vanilla as it has symmetrical bezels or almost a
      uniform bezel also thats just my simple suggestion

      !

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        • Anonymous
        • iIa
        • 13 hours ago

        Say "big thanks" to AI for the high prices!

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          • Anonymous
          • nyd
          • 14 hours ago

          Gota love that free AI, which is costing you everywhere else. 😆

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            • Anonymous
            • txG
            • 14 hours ago

            The thing goes down is sales, thanks to AI

              great phone prices are gone, and this just made it worse. 🙁 SD 4 gen phones probably gonna go 300$ or something

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                • Anonymous
                • XVE
                • 16 hours ago

                Snelle, 19 hours agoThose Chinese Chips are for China only Iphones. "Those Chinese Chips are for China only Iphones. "

                You only understand the news halfway.


                In Android,
                Google (The American Govt) dictate what hardware could be use.
                Google only gave Android certification if the hardware were certified

                But in China,
                They don't use Google certification, thus "cheap" (the right word is affordable) CXMT DRAM can be use for China Android. So for China version (China ROM) they can use CXMT DRAM, but not in international version that need Google certification

                So Apple were asking the congress for iPhone to use CXMT chip for China version of iPhone to compete with Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Honor

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                  • Anonymous
                  • YYX
                  • 17 hours ago

                  Hungry man , 31 Jul 2026a lot of comments and no one knows that almost all the chip... moreMan, you really are hungry.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • YYX
                    • 17 hours ago

                    WAI , 31 Jul 2026It's bc of the AI Crap And the memory cartel.

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                      • sayabosanhidup
                      • raP
                      • 17 hours ago

                      alcatraz, 23 hours agoWhen you dominate the market you set the terms. Competi... morei have made up my mind by only buying any chips
                      except snap dragon long before you came up with
                      this idea bro & believe me the mediatek helio g 85
                      is powerful enough with multi tasking and you can
                      find out more on it on vivo s y22 comment section

                      !

                      i wanted to get the honor x9d and the xiaomi redminote
                      15 pro plus and the xiaomi redminote 17 pro plus which
                      are perfect phones but then decided not for they all use
                      snap dragon but i know that there will be future phones
                      having similar specifications and designs so i m waiting

                      !

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                        • Anonymous
                        • YYX
                        • 17 hours ago

                        Foxtrot2Novmbr, 31 Jul 2026What do you think Smartphone is made for? You think its li... moreThey’re all targets.

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                          • sayabosanhidup
                          • raP
                          • 17 hours ago

                          it is time to bring back the mediatek helio g 85
                          which ive been strongly emphasizing all along

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                            • sayabosanhidup
                            • raP
                            • 17 hours ago

                            ive started warn ing and remind ing others to quickly
                            decide & buy new phones as early as july or july the
                            1st and congratulations to those wise ones who had
                            listened and heeded but ptices have started soaring
                            up too about a week or two ago so let s buy a new 1

                            !

                              sujoybera, 18 hours agoThe majority of low-cost and mid-range phones use a MediaTe... moreMost likely though they'll also increase prices by a similar percentage amount to Qualcomm.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • YYX
                                • 17 hours ago

                                RIP, consumer electronics.

                                  The majority of low-cost and mid-range phones use a MediaTek chip since, in my opinion, it is already higher.

                                    alcatraz, 23 hours agoWhen you dominate the market you set the terms. Competi... moreThe Chinese chips are even more expensive than SD chips.

                                      Xen Hi, 31 Jul 2026Generally when someone rises prices, the winner is the one ... moreThose Chinese Chips are for China only Iphones.

                                        Guru, 31 Jul 2026Smartphones prices have already gone up and now this will f... moreAlready did on my Poco M6 Pro using Shizuku & Canta. I have no use for that worthless shit.

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