Counterpoint: Global smartphone chipset shipments down 15% in first half of 2026 Comments
- Anonymous
- 3hx
I am glad I bought an ASUS ROG STRIX G16 with Ryzen 9 9955HX and RTX5070Ti Laptop for 2300€ on discount in february 2026 just in time before new models get announced. When I look at the prices for new equivalent models they are easily above 3500€.
- Anonymous
- XRx
i think the blame falls on the us gov and the european union. they have failed to adequately regulate all of these privacy, security and environmental ( infinite data centre growth) violations over the last few years and obviously the rest will follow suit.
- Anonymous
- XRx
Barezkarem, 30 Jul 2026If your phone is running good and you have tight budget then don't even think about buyin... morehow and why will things change in 2028?
- Barezkarem
- iJD
If your phone is running good and you have tight budget then don't even think about buying a phone in 2026 and 2027, just wait for 2028 as everything will change that year.
Or go quickly grab a smartphone from last year
- ko
- SH7
Anonymous, 30 Jul 2026They might kill the low end ones. Samsung mobile division just posted their first quarterly loss.eeah huge backlash projected 200x increase in earnings managed only 19 times look at Apple they want to sell one phone 20 times by subscriptions, basically last idiot not born yet
- Anonymous
- vaS
potato4k, 30 Jul 2026So the growth is only for Apple and the lowest end (unisoc). This will be the era of unisoc, a... moreThey might kill the low end ones. Samsung mobile division just posted their first quarterly loss.
- Minu
- XSt
Vasra, 30 Jul 2026Wait till 2027 when RAM and SSD prices will increase another +40% and mobile phone makers are ... moreAt least, I'm grateful for the fact that my phone is still fully functional.
- Anonymous
- nyd
memory chip shortage is because they are producing less of it for phones because they are producing more for that AI dude. So what are the phone companies gonna do with the chipsets if they cant get the memory to pair them up.
No memory - no need for chipsets - chipset shipments down - less phones made - smartphone shipments down - companies shutting down - samsung rules the world - amasamsung.com , united states of samsung , ...
- Mohamed mahboub
- rtx
Over the time when smartphones and computers get really expensive
Who is going to use ai then expet the elite
Maybe that where the world is going right now
- Hugo
- t1%
Still they won't lower prices. How exactly does supply and demand work then
- thenamelessone7
- 6sQ
Vasra, 30 Jul 2026Wait till 2027 when RAM and SSD prices will increase another +40% and mobile phone makers are ... moreThey are very far from the bottom on the list.
They probably consume as much memory as personal computers / laptops segment.
They will get as much memory as they need but there will be price increases and low and lower midrange phones will be getting less RAM than their respective predecessors
- Piku
- 7kn
I don't understand the obsession with Qualcomm chipset mobile phone companies should simply ditch Qualcomm and use MediaTek chipset. I blame Qualcomm for overpricing of flagship phones. And, now with this AI stupidity that no one asked now RAM and Storage price has gone through the roof. My guess in 2027 most will not able to buy decent phone and possessing a phone will be a luxury.
- rob
- uvw
its high time people shud not buy phones for atleast 4 to 5 years down the lane. prices wont come down anytime soon so best way is use ur current phone as much as u can and try to be happy with whatever phone u have. try looking in olx or second hand flagship or midranger which is far better than new craps with huge price hike.
i sincerely advice people not to blindly buy phone and use for nothing. please wait 3 to 4 years. use whatever phone u have and be happy. just replace battery and get ur phone going. dont spend money on crap phones....be happy with whatever phone u have guys.let it last longer.
- Anonymous
- bG}
Seeing lower end phones switching from Helio G99/G100 to Unisoc T7250 has been... hopeless.
- Vasra
- mIm
Wait till 2027 when RAM and SSD prices will increase another +40% and mobile phone makers are at the bottom of the pile for getting even any useful amount of inventory.
If you wanted a new smartphone with plenty of storage, the time to buy was 2025.
- potato4k
- txx
So the growth is only for Apple and the lowest end (unisoc). This will be the era of unisoc, as they're replacing the current low end king (Helio G99/Dimensity 6xxx family).
I wonder if we will see Samsung Galaxy A series going all full Exynos by next year.
- Anonymous
- AA8
Take that! Hahaha. I’m so happy they’re finally affected too
- Specifications
- t7X
Yesterday era is way better than today's future. Budget phones and tablets are not wrong products the success of Xiaomi is crazy.
- Specifications
- t7X
Qualcomm gets it already, they sold the chip so pricey that a built in phone is not even there. It cost so much that manufacturers uses worst quality of Qualcomm home chips basically destroying the whole thing in the first place the budget phone and tablets yesterday era.
