Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- Rising global semiconductor costs could increase mobile phone prices in Pakistan. Industry sources say growing production expenses are putting pressure on smartphone manufacturers worldwide. The increase is mainly linked to the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence technologies. As a result, demand for advanced data centres has surged significantly.

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Consequently, prices of memory chips, wafer manufacturing, packaging, and other electronic components have increased. These higher costs have raised the overall expense of producing smartphone chips.

Industry experts believe the impact is already spreading across the global mobile industry. Manufacturers ar...