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EconomySignal Brief
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Smartphone sales could be in for their biggest drop ever

Feb 26, 2026·Economy

The headline frames this as a smartphone problem, but it's the first tangible sign of the AI boom cannibalizing the consumer electronics supply chain. The fight for memory chips is just the opening skirmish in a new resource war between data centers and consumer devices. The critical question now is which hardware sector will be the next to face a supply crisis.

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