Taiwanese reports say HP's biggest laptop maker stopped building its notebooks until HP agreed to pay more. Neither company has confirmed it, but the pressure on PC prices is real.
Apple reportedly cut October iPhone 18 Pro part orders by at least 15% after a $100 price rise. Since then, waits have shrunk and resale prices have slipped.
Memory chips now cost so much that Samsung reportedly makes little or nothing on each phone. It is building fewer, raising prices and trimming Galaxy A models.
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