Future Apple smartphones may become more expensive due to US sanctions against Chinese
What is known
Due to a new wave of export restrictions thatwere introduced by the United States, Apple will have to stop using memory chips from China. The manufacturer from Cupertino planned to supply YMTC with 3D NAND memory, but now it will have to look for an alternative.
128-layer NAND memory manufactured by YMTC couldoccupy 40% of the total memory for the iPhone. One of its advantages was the price. YMTC chips are 20% cheaper than their counterparts. Moreover, according to some reports, smartphones with Chinese memory were to be sold on the international market.
Now Apple is forced to look for new suppliers, not from China. For example, Samsung. Another South Korean company, SK Hynix, may also be an alternative.