OnePlus Raises India Phone Prices by Up to ₹4,000 Across 5 Models as DRAM Costs Surge
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Updated · TechRepublic · Aug 19
OnePlus Raises India Phone Prices by Up to ₹4,000 Across 5 Models as DRAM Costs Surge
3 articles · Updated · TechRepublic · Aug 19
Summary
₹1,000-₹4,000 price hikes have hit five OnePlus lines in India—Nord 6, Nord CE6, Nord CE6 Lite, N6 and N6x—with increases of roughly 4% to 13% only weeks or months after some launches.
The steepest jump is ₹4,000 for the Nord CE6 Lite 8GB/256GB, while the N6x entry variant now sells at ₹20,999—₹2,000 above its July 31 launch price.
Those revisions push several devices into higher competitive bands: the CE6 Lite now starts above ₹30,000, the Nord CE6 8GB/256GB tops ₹40,000, and the Nord 6 reaches ₹46,999 and ₹52,999.
Mobile memory is the main pressure point: TrendForce estimated LPDDR4X contract prices rose 70%-75% quarter over quarter in Q2 2026 and LPDDR5X climbed 78%-83% as AI server demand tightened supply.
OnePlus has not directly tied the increases to memory costs, but the move underscores how component inflation is squeezing mid-range Android phones even when hardware specifications stay unchanged.