{"id":39527,"date":"2021-12-03T11:22:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T16:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialmediaexplorer.com\/?p=39527"},"modified":"2021-12-03T11:23:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T16:23:56","slug":"holiday-tech-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialmediaexplorer.com\/infographic\/holiday-tech-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Around Holiday Tech Shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gaming consoles, smartphones, computers, and tablets are topping people\u2019s wish lists this year.\u00a0 While these devices are always in high demand at the end of the year, finding them in 2021 is a greater challenge than ever.\u00a0 Right now, online retailers\u2019 out of stock product numbers are expected to rise 360% from 2019, with electronics being one of the most affected categories.\u00a0 Supply chain disruptions are hitting the tech industry hard, raising prices by as much as $50 per gadget. Holiday tech shortages are real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two main issues affecting new tech are chip shortages and supply chain hindrances.\u00a0 A 30% chip cost increase is anticipated through 2022.\u00a0 Right now, only about 1 in 8 of all global chip manufacturing happens in the US.\u00a0 When it comes to shipping goods from Asia, both sea and air freight have seen absurd cost increases.\u00a0 Sending a 40-foot container from Asia to the US costs nearly 14x what it did 2 years prior.\u00a0 Asia-US air cargo rates are normally higher than maritime, but right now they\u2019re also up 40% since the end of August.\u00a0 Even people willing to pay the higher prices for new tech will find themselves waiting well into January for the goods to arrive.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Savvy shoppers are looking for a way around the shortage.\u00a0 One avenue they can explore is the regifting of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubreakifix.com\/blog\/holiday-tech-shortages-infographic\">used tech<\/a>.\u00a0 There are more than 120 million used smartphones available worldwide, many in the US already.\u00a0 Simple repairs like battery replacement can return an old device to like-new condition as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about holiday tech shortages and what you can do about it below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubreakifix.com\/blog\/holiday-tech-shortages-infographic\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3gqcw3zb9f3ml.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2021\/11\/22203646\/UBIF-HolidayTech.png\" alt=\"Holiday Tech Shortages: Shopping Early Isn\u2019t the Only Way to Win [infographic]\" width=\"540\" border=\"0\"\/>\n<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaming consoles, smartphones, computers, and tablets are topping people\u2019s wish lists this year.\u00a0 While these&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":39528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7843],"tags":[8268,8014],"class_list":["post-39527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infographic","tag-holiday-tech-shortages","tag-supply-chain"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Get Around Holiday Tech Shortages - Social Media Explorer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s time to get ahead of the holiday tech shortages - just in time for the holiday shopping season. 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