Samsung has confirmed that it’s suffering from shortages in semiconductors, and that continued delays could mean it has to delay the launch of its new Galaxy Note devices.
According to analysts, the shortage is affecting almost everyone in the technology sector, other than Apple. Bloomberg reports that Samsung expects the shortage to cause a problem in the next quarter, and confirmed that the company could skip the launch of the new Galaxy Note as a result, following a decade of annual product refreshes.
“Industry giants from Continental AG to Renesas Electronics Corp. and Innolux Corp. have in recent weeks warned of longer-than-anticipated deficits thanks to unprecedented COVID-era demand for everything from cars to game consoles and mobile devices,” the report read.
MS Hwang, a Samsung Securities analyst, said that “the tightened supply of Qualcomm AP chips produced by TSMC is affecting everybody except Apple.” This problem could also have an impact on the PC and television market, with rising LCD panel prices as a result.
The good news is that shortages are likely to be ironed out I the coming months, but there’s a genuine concern that some areas could impact the consumer electronics market and push up prices in the short to medium-term.
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