π° What Happened
Amazon raised device prices as much as 60 percent, with the Echo Dot jumping overnight from 49.99 to 79.99. Fire TVs, Echos, Kindles, and Eeros were affected, and it blamed memory and storage cost increases.
π The Backstory
Amazon said it adjusted prices after absorbing component cost increases as long as it could. Analysts link the squeeze to an AI-driven global memory shortage nicknamed RAMmageddon.
π― Why It Matters
The increases show the AI memory boom reaching consumer prices. Apple has also hiked prices, and the shortage is expected to last into 2027.
Amazon raised device prices as much as 60 percent, with the Echo Dot jumping overnight from 49.99 to 79.99. Fire TVs, Echos, Kindles, and Eeros were affected, and it blamed memory and storage cost increases.
Amazon said it adjusted prices after absorbing component cost increases as long as it could. Analysts link the squeeze to an AI-driven global memory shortage nicknamed RAMmageddon.
The increases show the AI memory boom reaching consumer prices. Apple has also hiked prices, and the shortage is expected to last into 2027.
π° Source: TechCrunch
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