Amazon raised its device prices by up to 60% overnight
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A quiet 60% overnight hike on Amazon’s cheapest devices—tied in part to memory costs—shows how fast hardware economics can move under AI-era component pressure. If you’re building on consumer devices for distribution or data, recheck your assumptions on installed base growth and total cost of ownership this quarter.
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