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In this episode of One Big Bite, we look at why the AI boom could make your next phone or laptop more expensive. As chipmakers prioritise memory and storage for AI data centres, consumer-electronics manufacturers are facing tighter supplies and rising component costs. We examine how AI-driven demand is reshaping the global chip market, why device makers are passing higher costs to consumers, what Apple’s price increases reveal about the wider market and whether affordable electronics could become harder to produce as the shortage continues into 2027.