{"id":1023607,"date":"2026-07-25T08:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1023607"},"modified":"2026-07-25T08:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T02:36:57","slug":"despite-price-hikes-smartphone-demand-stays-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/07\/25\/despite-price-hikes-smartphone-demand-stays-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite price hikes, smartphone demand stays strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Majority of smartphone users are still willing to buy a smartphone despite steep price hikes continuing through the year as high component costs weigh on brands, Counterpoint Research found in a survey of over 2000 customers. <\/p>\n<p>46% respondents said they are willing to pay a premium to buy their desired handset even if the prices are higher. In this, majority are young users aged 25-30. <\/p>\n<p>This group includes consumers who are willing to stretch their budgets, opt for affordability-driven payment options, or even switch ecosystems to purchase their preferred smartphones, the research firm said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Majority of smartphone users are still willing to buy a smartphone despite steep price hikes continuing through the year as high component costs weigh on brands, Counterpoint Research found in a survey of over 2000 customers. 46% respondents said they are willing to pay a premium to buy their desired handset even if the prices are higher. In this, majority are young users aged 25-30. This group includes consumers who are willing to stretch their budgets, opt for affordability-driven payment options, or even switch ecosystems to purchase their preferred smartphones, the research firm said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,60,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1023607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-economic-times","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023608,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023607\/revisions\/1023608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}