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New players are shaking up the memory industry, but even Apple can’t strong-arm the RAM crisis for your wallet

Apple can usually make suppliers bend the knee. It buys components in volumes few consumer technology brands can match and has built a supply chain that rivals spend decades trying to copy. However, that leverage has now run into a memory manufacturer willing to say no. Apple reportedly approached China’s CXMT as an additional DRAM […]

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August 6, 2026 – Potential iPhone 18 Pro shortages, more

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