I'm sure iPhone increases will come in September. They'll just shoulder the difference until then.
They don’t think, it’s fact! It’s how our economy works, inflation is inevitable. The only difference with say 100 years ago, is that with digital stock/money markets it’s just going faster now. Just as the governments deficits will never shrink. None of the central banks want stable prices. “Greed is good” is the credo of most bankers if not all.
Yup, with price increases across pretty much the entire consumer electronics industry, we're all paying the cost of generative AI whether we like it or not, even if we don't touch the stuff. How screwed up.
The thing is the Android phones will go up in price also. I am curious to see what will happen with the Apple Folding phone price. They were saying $2,000 before the price increases, i can only wonder what it might end up being.
iPhone makes over 50% of revenue so price increases will me moderate or sales will sharply drop...
No, but you might get more in a month or two if you sell privately on the second-hand market, as less people will be selling, and there will be more demand for second-hand devices.
Why not purchase from a third-party retailer while the prices are still normal?
I bought the original Apple leather case with my mini when I bought it.
They'll still be fully functional, even without regular updates.
I think they are taking into account their future rising costs. The industry is predicting processor, RAM, and storage chips to increase in price by 50% EVERY QUARTER FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. I'm thinking these price increases are so that they don't have to raise prices as often themselves. Apple will probably have to raise prices for these products again next year, but that's arguably better than what the companies that make Windows computers are doing with raising the price every month as they have been doing all year so far.
