{
  "id": 626994,
  "title": "India's Smartphone Shipments Set To Fall Over 15% In H2 2026 As Memory Cost Surge Reshapes The Market",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/indias-smartphone-shipments-set-to-fall-over-15-in-h2-2026-as-memory",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T03:23:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/indias-smartphone-shipments-set-to-fall-over-15-in-h2-2026-as-memory-cost-surge-reshapes-the-market"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "India's smartphone market is headed for a difficult second half of 2026, as a sharp rise in memory chip prices pushes up handset costs and makes buyers more cautious. A report released by IDC projected shipments to decline by more than 15 percent in the second half of the year, pulling full-year volumes down to roughly 128-130 million units from 152 million units in 2025. Two research firms, one…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}