News & Reviews:   components

Back in February, Samsung told The Verge that global shortages of RAM and other materials, combined with tariffs, made a "significant contribution" to the price hike. But the company may be preparing another wave of price increases for its Galaxy flagship smartphones, according to a new report suggesting rising component costs and AI-related hardware demands are continuing to pressure the mobile industry.

So recently, Apple hosted us at its Durability Lab in Singapore. This was not a showroom or a marketing exercise, but rather the lab exists to recreate real-world abuse in a controlled and repeatable way, allowing Apple to stress components over and over again in a short period of time.

As most tech enthusiasts know, GPUs around the world have a hike in pricing due to the shortage of processors. Many experts are predicting the same for various tech gadgets and Xiaomi agreed as well. This is because the company revealed that their smartphones and TVs lineup is now slightly more expensive starting from July onwards.

Based on a statement by gizmochina, it seems that the US will once again be allowed to supply chips to China, provided that the components are not being used for 5G. Furthermore, it seems that more than 300 companies including major names like Samsung, Qualcomm, and MediaTek had applied for a license in order to do business with Huawei.