➤Chip shortage is affecting launch of new Samsung smartphones 🕹

The shortage of semiconductors was identified last year and directly affected the main manufacturers of electronic devices, whether smartphones, computers or consoles. The low availability of chips is impacting the production of large manufacturers, which stocked the components in order to maintain the same pace of manufacturing, an attitude that led to an even greater deficit in the availability of parts and problems in the launch of smartphones and other equipment.

Smartphone distribution issues

According to information provided to The Elec portal, Samsung is facing problems in the production of intermediate cell phones due to the global semiconductor crisis, especially the A line (Galaxy A52 and A72), which had their launches postponed in several countries due to the delay. in the delivery of the Snapdragon 720G and 750G 5G processors, which integrate the latest South Korean cell phones. The high demand for chips and low availability could increase the price of devices in the coming months, especially in entry-level or intermediate versions.

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Chip shortage is affecting launch of new Samsung smartphones — Processor. (Photo: Playback/Unsplash).

For now, there is still no expectation of when the shortage will end, although the administration of US President Joe Biden has created programs and concessions in order to reduce the duration of this global crisis in the technology market. For the next few months there is not much optimism and the problem should be resolved only in 2023, until then we will still see some delayed launches and problems in the distribution of cell phones in several manufacturers, such as Samsung, Xiaomi, Motorola and Oppo, which despite having a stock of chipsets still feel the impact of delay in shipments ordered through Qualcomm and MediaTek.