This Diwali, Costlier Phones!

What connects phones getting pricier this Diwali and your neighbourhood mobile store going out of business? A global shortage of semiconductor chipsets. In part 2 of our two-part series, Arvinder Khurana, president of All India Mobile Retailers Association, Sanjay Gupta, vice-president, NXP India, Navkendar Singh, research director at IDC India and ET’s Devina Sengupta explain how deep is the crisis and tell us whether this will unsettle your plans to buy a new phone this Diwali. Credits: Reuters, WionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.