Mobile UX
fromTheregister
1 day agoPhone buyers delay purchases, hold onto handsets longer
Smartphone replacement cycles are lengthening due to inflation and rising costs, leading to decreased demand for new devices.
Counterpoint Research has revised down its 2026 smartphone shipment forecast to a 2.1 percent decline, citing a tightening supply of memory chips that is driving up costs and squeezing manufacturers. The analyst firm says higher DRAM and NAND prices risk undermining confidence across the market, particularly as smartphone vendors struggle to justify higher prices for devices that to many feel marginally different from the ones already in their pockets.