{"id":999946,"date":"2026-03-30T07:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=999946"},"modified":"2026-03-30T08:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:30:25","slug":"tech-prices-surge-phones-appliances-set-to-cost-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/03\/30\/tech-prices-surge-phones-appliances-set-to-cost-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech prices surge: Phones, appliances set to cost more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata: Entry-level prices of televisions and smartphones are rising to levels seen 6-8 years ago, reversing the historic trend of falling tech prices, as manufacturers say they can no longer cushion price increases amid rising input costs and a weakening rupee. <\/p>\n<p>Even mass-segment air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines are set to hit record highs from next month, threatening demand. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prices are hitting record highs,&#8221; said Kamal Nandi, head of appliances business at Godrej Enterprises. &#8220;There is concern that entry-segment demand could weaken unless a harsh summer boosts sales.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kolkata: Entry-level prices of televisions and smartphones are rising to levels seen 6-8 years ago, reversing the historic trend of falling tech prices, as manufacturers say they can no longer cushion price increases amid rising input costs and a weakening rupee. Even mass-segment air conditioners, refrigerators and washing machines are set to hit record highs from next month, threatening demand. &#8220;Prices are hitting record highs,&#8221; said Kamal Nandi, head of appliances business at Godrej Enterprises. &#8220;There is concern that entry-segment demand could weaken unless a harsh summer boosts sales.&#8221;<\/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-999946","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\/999946","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=999946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}