Smartphone industry predicted to hit biggest low for 13 years thanks to memory crisis — and only Apple and Samsung are safe from extinction

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• Smartphone shipments could drop by 13.9% this year
• That would bring them to the lowest levels since 2013
• The fall is largely thanks to rising memory prices

2026 looks set to be a bad year for the smartphone industry, as it’s predicted that shipments will fall 13.9% year-on-year. That would mean 1.08 billion units shipped, which is the lowest annual volume since 2013.