The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear

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• J Jeffrey Yost @justcode.bsky.social amplified

  @restofworld.org

  AI data centers demand is driving up smartphone costs and squeezing cheap budget phones off the market https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-data-center-memory-chip-shortage-cheap-smartphones-digital-divide/?utm_campaign=row-…

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• D Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈 @keithwilson.eu amplified

  @iethics.bsky.social

  "The smartphone price increases vary sharply by region: They have risen by 21% in India, 19% across Asia-Pacific, and 18% in the Middle East and Africa. In the U.S., they have gone up by just 5%": restofworld.org/2026/ai…

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