GoKawiilTrendForce: reballed DRAM creeping into budget phones amid memory shortage
TrendForce reports that some smartphone makers are turning to reballed memory—used DRAM stripped from old hardware and refitted with new solder balls—to stock entry-level 4G phones as DRAM contract prices keep rising. The firm says reballed chips, mostly LPDDR4X 4GB modules, could make up 3-4% of mobile RAM in 2026, potentially rising to 7-9% the following year.