AI-driven memory shortage shakes Indian smartphone market | TechCrunch0

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• July 18, 2026

Months after analysts warned that AI-driven demand for memory chips would spread to consumer electronics, India is providing the strongest evidence yet that disruption has arrived, with rising mobile phone prices reshaping the smartphone market. The memory chips in question (RAM and storage components) are the same ones that tech giants need in bulk to