Framework is raising the price of RAM and storage modules, again

Home ComputingNews Framework is raising prices again, and this time storage hurts the most. Framework If you have been eyeing a Framework laptop upgrade, the window for cheaper storage is officially closing. The company posted its latest monthly price update on May 12th, and while the RAM situation is relatively stable, SSD prices are heading in the upward direction. What happened to storage prices? According to the Framework, the company had been selling SSD modules well below market rate, thanks to a stockpile of cheaper inventory it had brought in back in 2025. But that’s ending now. Framework has stated that the stock is now largely depleted across multiple capacities, and the new inventory coming in costs significantly more. This month’s prices reflect a weighted average of the old and new stock, but Framework has warned that by next month, the older inventory will be gone and prices will reflect what the company is actually paying today. Framework If you are looking for a storage upgrade, you should order now while there is still some cheaper stock left in the mix. On the RAM side, Framework said that the DDR5 costs have remained fairly stable over the last few months, which is a small win. The 8GB module did see a price increase because the cheaper batch that Framework had sourced earlier has been fully sold through, and the newly sourced modules cost more. However, there has not been a significant price increase, and all other memory capacities are holding at last month’s prices for now. Is there any hope of prices dropping? The speed at which AI companies are building new data centers means that the RAM and storage prices are not going to drop anytime soon. The ongoing Iran war has ensured that even the price of PCBs will rise, so your electronics’ costs are only going to increase. Companies like Samsung, Sony, and Microsoft had already raised prices of their existing products. Recently, Nintendo joined the bandwagon and raised the price of its popular Switch 2 gaming console. Nintendo Switch 2 Unsplash Although there are reports that Apple will eat the cost and won’t increase the price of the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro, there’s a high chance that the new M6 MacBook Pros will see a significant price increase. All that is to say that RAM and SSD costs are not going down anytime soon, and if you need to upgrade your machine, you will be better off doing so now than waiting a few months. Rachit is a seasoned tech journalist with over seven years of experience covering the consumer technology landscape. Computing Your next free Google account might only come with 5GB of storage Google's free storage has been a competitive advantage over Apple's 5GB iCloud limit for years, but that’s changing. Google has quietly altered one of the most reliable promises in consumer tech: 15GB of free cloud storage. For years, signing up for a Google account meant getting 15GB of free storage, shared across Gmail, Drive, and Photos. However, that’s changed. New accounts are now defaulting to 5GB (same as iCloud), with the full 15GB available only if you have entered your phone number during setup. The prompt users are seeing reads: “Your account includes 5GB of storage. Now get even more storage space with your phone number.” Read more Computing Sony shows off AI-touched Xperia 1 VIII camera samples. It’s an epic self-own that I can’t digest Sony built the Xperia 1 series for people who know what a histogram looks like. Xperia Intelligence appears to have been built for everyone else, and the sample images make that tension impossible to ignore. Sony has a camera legacy that most brands, regardless of whether they make cameras or smartphones, dream of. The company rewrote what full-frame sensors could do with its Alpha series. That particular rendering of skin tones, that restraint with saturation, the commitment to accurate white balance; the company’s color science is precisely why cinematographers, videographers, and photographers like me, in the consumer tech space, swear by its color science and camera hardware. Read more Computing Razer’s new Blade 18 gets Arrow Lake refresh and a modest $3,999.99 starting price For $3,999.99, you get the base model with Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti. A 5090 variant is available, too. Razer has officially unveiled the 2026 Blade 18 today, and at the heart of all three configurations is an Intel Arrow Lake processor. I’m talking about the Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, which features 24 cores, up to 5.5GHz clock speed (with boost), 36MB cache, and an onboard NPU that delivers up to 13 TOPS of compute power. Read more