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2026-09-13 · Source：TechRadar
AI memory shortages are pushing used smartphone prices higher and making component recovery from damaged devices newly profitable, with millions recycling old hardware, an expert says.
The artificial intelligence buildout is reshaping markets well beyond the data center. Severe memory shortages — widely dubbed the 'RAM-pocalypse' — are now driving up prices for used smartphones, as AI-driven demand for memory components tightens supply across the broader electronics ecosystem. According to TechRadar's report, the squeeze has encouraged millions of consumers to recycle their old devices rather than let them sit idle at home.
The development underscores how tightly the AI compute boom is coupled to the consumer device market. With memory supply under strain from AI demand, secondhand handsets are commanding higher prices, shifting the calculus for owners deciding whether to keep, resell or recycle aging hardware — a reversal of the usual depreciation pattern. Devices once destined for desk drawers are acquiring new resale worth, drawing stock into recycling and refurbishment channels.
The effects reach beyond resale values. Repair businesses increasingly find commercial value in components recovered from damaged and aging devices, salvaging parts that would previously have been written off. An expert cited in the report said the 'economics of component recovery are changing' — an indication that salvage operations once dismissed as marginal are becoming viable as component scarcity deepens across the industry.
The shift carries an environmental upside highlighted by the report itself: recycling keeps devices out of landfills while feeding usable parts back into the repair economy. For AI compute buyers and investors, the message is that memory scarcity is repricing hardware across its entire lifecycle — from newly manufactured modules to components pulled from broken phones — with knock-on effects for refurbished-device supply, repair sector margins and component sourcing strategies.
Mots-clés: DRAM · Memory Shortage · Used Smartphones · Component Recovery · Device Recycling · Repair Sector
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