Rapid technology reported on 1 april, the latest report shows that samsung has decided to move up and down the sale price of a number of flagship aircraft, influenced by the continued escalation in the cost of core elements such as memory. This adjustment, which concerns galaxy z fold 7, galaxy z flip 7, and galaxy s25 edge, is currently limited to the korean market。
In the case of galaxy z fold7, the machine is priced in korea at 253700 won, approximately 11,600 yuan, 100,000 won (approximately 457 yuan) in the version of the samsung 512gb plan and 200,000 won (approximately 912 yuan) in the version of the 1tb。
According to the data, samsung galaxy z fold7 was published in july 2025, more than six months from now. There have also been recent price increases in a number of home-grown mobile phone brands, but they are concentrated in the middle and thousands of machine markets, while in the area of flagships, samsung is the first to announce an increase。
At the heart of this price change is the sharp increase in the cost of storage chips, which, according to a tracking report issued by the authoritative authority counterpoint, increased by more than 50 per cent in the first quarter of 2026, while the nand flash price increased by more than 90 per cent。
Analysts have given a more pessimistic expectation that the trend of memory price increases will not be eased in the short term and that it will not be possible to reach a window where prices fall until 2027 at the earliest. This surge has had a structural impact on the overall cost of smartphones, and major manufacturers are facing enormous cost pressures。
