The Android King is coming! On February 9, Samsung's annual flagship Galaxy S22 series is about to be released, but Samsung's old customers also ushered in a bad news, because of the global chip shortage, Samsung's new series of machines are likely to increase prices.
A South Korean report pointed out that the galaxy S22 series of power management chips and image sensor chips prices rose by 10% to 15%, and the price of several extremely important parts also rose by 30% to 40%, so the galaxy S22 started at $899 (about 5704 yuan), about $100 higher than the S21.
In fact, as early as the beginning of the year, there was news in overseas markets that the Galaxy S22 series would usher in a wave of price increases, of which the Galaxy S22 Plus started at 1119 euros (about 8113 yuan), while the highest configuration of the Galaxy S22 Ultra would start at a staggering 1430 euros (about 10368 yuan).
Consumers who want to buy Samsung Galaxy S22 series new machines are estimated to collect more red envelopes and save more money in the New Year. It is understood that Samsung originally wanted to maintain the original price, but because of the shortage of chips to push up the cost of the cost, it had to increase the price.
Not to mention Samsung, now the global semiconductor is too scarce, even TSMC's baby customer Apple has also accepted chip price increases for the first time for the first time to ensure production capacity, but also arrogantly reported TSMC 120,000 to 150,000 pieces of 4nm production capacity, seizing the market opportunity.
It should be noted that TSMC's 4nm will be used in a new generation of iPhone14 and iPad products, in other words, iPhone14 is likely to increase in price. After all, the wool is out of the sheep, and it is not impossible for Apple to consider passing on the rising cost of chips to consumers.
Text | Li Zejun title | Huang Zi gallium trial | Lee Ze-plutonium