Apple’s next iPhones may cut corners on memory due to price squeeze<article>
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<p>Apple could cut the capacity of DRAM in its upcoming anniversary iPhones with the rising prices of storage and memory components hitting its profit margins.</p><p>Apple acknowledged the rising DRAM and NAND prices during its
second-quarter earnings call Tuesday. The company expects the pricing pressure to continue in the near term.</p><p>Those prices, in turn, could impact the memory capacity of the next iPhone. Trendforce, which tracks SSD and DRAM pricing, predicted the
iPhone 8 will be capped at 3GB of DRAM.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3194213/mobile/apples-next-iphones-may-cut-corners-on-memory-due-to-price-squeeze.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple’s next iPhones may cut corners on memory due to price squeeze
