According to a news report by The Korea Herald, leaked pricing from South Korean telecom distribution channels indicates that the entry-level Galaxy Z Flip8 will see an approximate 13 per cent price increase over its predecessor, driven by a global shortage of essential memory components.<\/p>\n
The Galaxy Z Flip8 offers the clearest year-on-year comparison as it has a direct predecessor in the market. <\/p>\n
Citing a local outlet Bloter, the news report stated that the domestic price for the 256-gigabyte version of the Flip8 is expected to reach about 1.68 million won ($1,100). This represents a jump of roughly 198,000 won, or 13.3 per cent, from the Flip7.<\/p>\n
Why is Samsung splitting the Galaxy Z Fold8 lineup into Ultra and standard models?<\/p>\n
As per the news report, the larger Galaxy Z Fold line presents a more complex comparison due to a structural split in the upcoming generation. <\/p>\n
Samsung is dividing the line into a premium Fold8 Ultra, projected to cost around 2.58 million won ($1,842), and a new wider-format Fold8, expected near 2.28 million won ($1,628). Neither model has a direct, like-for-like predecessor from the previous year.<\/p>\n
This upward price trajectory is visible outside of South Korea as well. German publication WinFuture, citing retail sources, reports that the 1-terabyte version of the Fold8 Ultra will experience a price hike of EUR 280 ($320), bringing its retail price to EUR 2,799 ($3201.13).<\/p>\n
The steepest increases are heavily concentrated on these high-capacity models where memory costs weigh most on production.<\/p>\n
The broader industry shift stems directly from a dramatic reallocation of memory manufacturing resources. <\/p>\n
With massive AI data centers absorbing global memory production, the standard DRAM and NAND flash chips that smartphones rely on have grown increasingly scarce and expensive.<\/p>\n
According to the news report, this component squeeze impacts Samsung in two opposing directions. <\/p>\n
While the memory chip shortage is expected to deliver a blockbuster quarter for Samsung’s semiconductor division, the identical supply crunch is severely eroding margins within its mobile phone division. <\/p>\n
Some analysts believe the smartphone unit may have posted its first quarterly loss as component costs outran what the division could internalize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to a news report by The Korea Herald, leaked pricing from South Korean telecom distribution channels indicates…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[21825,4221,41857,41860,9048,41858,9290,11590,11589,9454,41859,698,127,276,32618,15326,40549],"class_list":["post-77199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-samsung-electronics","tag-ai-chip-boom","tag-ai-data-centers","tag-ai-memory-crunch","tag-apple-chip-costs","tag-dram-prices","tag-fold8-ultra","tag-galaxy-z-flip7","tag-galaxy-z-flip8","tag-galaxy-z-fold8","tag-memory-shortage","tag-mobile-phone-margins","tag-nand-flash","tag-samsung","tag-samsung-electronics","tag-samsung-foldables","tag-semiconductor-division","tag-smartphone-prices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}