Smartphone makers are salvaging memory chips from used devices amid worsening shortages

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TL;DR: Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the electronics industry has been there for a while now. After grappling with rising memory costs and inventory shortages, and eventually realizing that the situation may take years to resolve, some device makers are looking for alternative solutions that give old hardware components a new lease on life.

According to a recent report from TrendForce, DRAM contract price hikes are forcing some smartphone brands to consider reballed memory components for their budget lines. In short, reballed memory refers to used memory salvaged from old hardware and fitted with new solder balls so they can be installed on other devices.

TrendForce saidmost of the reballed memory on the market consists of LPDDR4X 4GB modules, and is ideal for entry-level 4G phones. But with DRAM prices...

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