Although many are optimistic that the problem of chip scarcity will soon end, product sales data and others say otherwise. That is, the problem of scarcity will still occur, and more and more companies are affected.
Based on research from Wave7, the lack of supply of these chips began to have an impact on the production of cheap Android phones. OnePlus and Samsung are the companies that have been most affected by the lack of supply of these chips.
But uniquely, Apple so far can still face the storm of chip scarcity, because the supply of the iPhone 12 line until now seems to still be safe and easy to find in the market.
Apple could face this problem because they have been 'locking' their chip orders for a long time. Although Apple has warned that they will have difficulty meeting the demand for iPad and MacBook, because they can not get enough supply of M1 chips.
They also stated the difficulty in getting a supply of screen driver chips and NAND controllers, which are becoming more difficult every month.
In a survey conducted by Wave7 to stores owned by mobile operators in the United States, it was seen that AT&T is the operator with the least impact because most consumers use iPhones.
In contrast, T-Mobile is the operator most affected by this scarcity and states all are affected except Apple. While Verizon is also not too affected because it managed to secure the stock of Samsung phones from the Galaxy A. series.
But this situation may change in the next few months, after Apple released the iPhone 13 (and various other devices).
Earlier, precisely in March, Qualcomm had given a signal that they began to have difficulty producing middle and lower class Snapdragon chips. Similarly, Xiaomi president Wang Xiang, who stated that the supply of high -end chips was starting to be limited and admitted that he would increase costs if he did not succeed in optimizing the design of mobile phones.
Now, Xiaomi's statement has also begun to show its impact. In the market Xiaomi has run out and no longer produces the Redmi Note 10 series. They advise prospective buyers to buy another series of phones.
"Thank you, Xiaomi Fans! The Redmi Note 10 has entered the end of its cycle and will no longer be produced," Xiaomi wrote in the caption of its Instagram post.