{"id":420800,"date":"2026-02-27T06:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T00:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/smartphone-market-set-for-biggest-ever-decline-in-2026-on-memory-price-surge-idc-says-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T07:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:40:47","slug":"smartphone-market-set-for-biggest-ever-decline-in-2026-on-memory-price-surge-idc-says-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/smartphone-market-set-for-biggest-ever-decline-in-2026-on-memory-price-surge-idc-says-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartphone market set for biggest-ever decline in 2026 on memory price surge, IDC says &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-index-0\">\n<p>Feb 26 &#8211; The global smartphone market is poised to suffer its biggest decline ever in 2026, sinking to a more than decade low in shipments, as surging memory chip prices drive up device costs, the International Data Corporation said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-1\">\n<p>Smartphone shipments are expected to drop 12.9% to 1.12 billion units, the research firm said in a report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-2\">\n<p>The decline will hit low-end Android manufacturers the hardest, while Apple and Samsung are positioned to gain market share as smaller rivals struggle or exit the market entirely, the report said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-3\">\n<p>&#8220;What we are witnessing is not a temporary squeeze, but a tsunami-like shock originating in the memory supply chain,&#8221; said Francisco Jeronimo, vice president for Worldwide Client Devices at IDC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-4\">\n<p>Analysts have said rising component costs will erode margins at smartphone companies focused on budget devices, forcing them to pass on the expenses to consumers at a time when demand at higher price points is weakening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-5\">\n<p>Apple and Samsung, with stronger balance sheets and premium positioning, are better equipped to weather the crisis, IDC said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-6\">\n<p>The average selling price of smartphones is projected to surge 14% to a record $523 this year, as manufacturers shift toward higher-margin models to offset ballooning costs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-7\">\n<p>IDC expects a modest 2% recovery in 2027 as the crisis eases, followed by a 5.2% rebound in 2028, though it said that the market was unlikely to return to previous norms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-8\">\n<p>&#8220;The memory crisis will cause more than a temporary decline; it marks a structural reset of the entire market,&#8221; said Nabila Popal, senior research director at IDC&#8217;s Mobile Phone Tracker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-9\">\n<p>She warned that the sub-$100 smartphone segment, representing 171 million devices, will become &#8220;permanently uneconomical&#8221; even after memory prices stabilize by mid-2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-index-10\">\n<p><strong>This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 26 &#8211; The global smartphone market is poised to suffer its biggest decline ever in 2026, sinking to a more than decade low in shipments, as surging memory chip prices drive up device costs, the International Data Corporation said on Thursday. 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