According to a report from TechNode citing Chinese media IThome, Oppo and Vivo have rejected Samsung Electronics'...
According to a report from TechNode citing Chinese media IThome, Oppo and Vivo have rejected Samsung Electronics' proposed memory pricing for Q3 2026.
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According to a report from TechNode citing Chinese media IThome, Oppo and Vivo have rejected Samsung Electronics' proposed memory pricing for Q3 2026. The offer represented only a modest increase over Q1 and Q2, but downstream resistance to record-high memory prices is growing. While the near-term supply-demand imbalance may persist due to AI-driven demand for DRAM and NAND, this rejection signals potential pricing headwinds for Samsung's memory business. The report notes that smartphone makers are increasingly unwilling to absorb higher costs, which could pressure Samsung's ASPs and margins in the coming quarter.
What the sources said:
- "Oppo and Vivo recently rejected Samsung Electronics' proposed memory pricing for the third quarter of 2026."
- "Smartphone manufacturers and other downstream device makers are showing growing resistance to rising memory costs."
- "The tight supply is particularly evident in the DRAM segment... server processors such as NVIDIA’s Grace and Vera CPUs are driving strong demand for LPDDR memory."
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“According to sources, Oppo and Vivo recently rejected Samsung Electronics’ proposed memory pricing for the third quarter of 2026. Although the offer represented only a modest increase compared with the first and second quarters of this...”
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