TrendForce analysts predict there won't be 4GB of RAM for 2017 iPhone

Analyst agency TrendForce argues that increased prices of LPDDR4 RAM is slowing down growth in smartphone RAM this year. The company says "intensifying competition" and "spiking prices" are to blame for a lower than expected increase in the "average memory content" of this year's smartphones (3.2GB rather than 3.7GB), and rising memory prices are going to impact Apple's upcoming iPhones as well.

According to the analysts, if Cupertino wants to maintain its typical annual shipment targets of 200 million units and counting, it will have to settle for 3GB of RAM in ...