Inside India newsletter: Chip squeeze hits Chinese smartphones in India as Apple, Samsung gain an edge

Rising memory chip costs are reshaping the world's second-largest smartphone market as Chinese brands become expensive, improving the value proposition for Samsung and Apple.

Demand from Chinese customers has been particularly strong, but Samsung has ​been unable to meet all orders because it must serve US customers and reserve part of its capacity to support its own chip production, said the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because…