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A fresh wave of price hikes has hit China's smartphone market, as Huawei, Xiaomi and Honor increased retail prices for several current models by between 200 ($29.75) and 1,000 yuan, triggering heated chatter on social media.

新一轮涨价潮席卷中国智能手机市场，华为、小米和荣耀将多款在售机型的零售价格上调了200元（约合29.75美元）至1000元不等，引发社交媒体热议。

The coordinated adjustments come amid tightened memory chip supply and sustained price increases for key semiconductors.
这轮集体调价正值存储芯片供应趋紧、关键半导体价格持续上涨之际。

Huawei led the increases, with its Mate 80 series jumping by as much as 1,000 yuan on Tuesday, while the 90 Pro Max sold for an extra 200 yuan. Xiaomi, which had already adjusted prices on Aug 2, raised the Xiaomi 17 and 17 Pro by 300 yuan each — its second hike in less than a month.
华为率先涨价，其Mate 80系列周二涨幅高达1000元，90 Pro Max则上涨200元。小米已于8月2日调价一次，随后将小米17和17 Pro各上调300元——这是其不到一个月内的第二次涨价。

Honor followed suit, lifting its Power2 by 500 and 600 yuan for its two variants, and increasing its flagship Magic8 series by 300 to 500 yuan across versions, bringing post-hike prices to between 4,799 and 5,999 yuan.
荣耀紧随其后，将其Power2的两款机型分别上调500元和600元，旗舰Magic8系列各版本上调300至500元，涨价后售价在4799元至5999元之间。

In response to the increases, a Huawei customer service representative said the upward adjustments were necessary because "market prices of key materials have changed, leading to higher production costs".
针对此次涨价，华为客服代表表示，上调价格是必要的，因为“关键材料的市场价格发生了变化，导致生产成本上升”。

At the crux of the surge is a structural imbalance in global memory chip supplies. As artificial intelligence model training and AI server infrastructure expand at a breakneck pace, major memory makers — Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron — have shifted substantial high-end capacity toward high-margin HBM (high bandwidth memory), mainly used in servers, thus directly squeezing the supply of handset-oriented DRAM and NAND memory chips. That supply crunch has sent mobile memory prices soaring.
本轮涨价的根源在于全球存储芯片供应的结构性失衡。随着人工智能模型训练和AI服务器基础设施以惊人速度扩张，三星、SK海力士和美光等主要存储芯片制造商已将大量高端产能转向主要用于服务器的高利润HBM（高带宽内存），从而直接挤压了面向手机的DRAM和NAND存储芯片的供应。这种供应紧张已推动手机存储芯片价格飙升。

Market research firm Trend-Force said in a recent report that memory prices have accumulated a five- to seven-fold increase since the start of 2025, forcing brands to either raise prices sharply or discontinue product lines that have turned loss-making.
市场研究机构集邦咨询在近期报告中称，自2025年初以来，存储芯片价格已累计上涨五至七倍，迫使品牌要么大幅提价，要么停产已陷入亏损的产品线。

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