Selling price of microSD card declined due to sluggish demand

It was revealed that the selling price of "microSD card" having a sense of spread as external memory of mobile phones and others fell as a result of the slump in demand.

This selling price decline rate exceeds the corresponding speed of manufacturers trying to maintain prices. Has the microSD card already reached the hands of people who need it?

Details are as below.
Prices for microSD cards down as demand falls

According to this article, market officials in Taiwan have revealed that the demand for microSD cards is sluggish and the selling price is falling by 15 to 20%.

Samsung Electronics, a leading semiconductor maker, has responded by lowering the supply of microSD cards in response to price declines, but demand is still low and it is inevitable that price declines are inevitable. Although I am concerned about the background of the slump in the demand for microSD cards, as the manufacturing cost of flash memory has decreased and the capacity has increased,Mobile phone "biblio" equipped with 7 GB internal memoryIs it influenced by the appearance of mobile phones with built-in memory with larger capacity than before?

The price of the microSD card varies from 4.51% to 4.86% in one day, and the selling price of the microSD card as of November 11 is 1, 4GB model for $ 4.44 (about 400 yen), 2GB model for $ 4.86 It is about 440 yen).

By the way, even in JapanFrom the middle of October, the lowest price of the 2GB model microSD card has fallen to 449 yenIs there a possibility that it will fall further?

It fell to 6490 yen in July this yearAbout four months have passed since thenThe lowest price as of 16:00 on November 13 remains at 6480 yenThe price trend of the future is concerned about just as the reduction of the selling price of the memory card including the large capacity model continues, such as the 32 GB SDHC memory card which is not moving with the price.