
If you’re thinking about upgrading your phone, « the best time was yesterday, » according to Nothing CEO and co-founder Carl Pei, echoing a message we heard during MWC. As Android Authority reports, Pei said in a post on X that the RAM shortage has already impacted Nothing’s less expensive mid-range phone: « For Phone 4A , memory costs doubled between when we decided to build the device and when it launched. They’ve doubled again since. » He warned that « Phone prices are going up, and they’ll keep going up into next year. »
Pei says RAM can now account for over 50 percent of the cost of a new phone. Nothing’s just the latest phone maker to warn …