While YouTubers, celebs etc get them for free it's us peasants who will pay for it all at the end
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Apple Products Could See 'Noticeable' Price Rises Amid Increased Chip Costs
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Apple, Nvidia, and AMD (and soon Intel with their GPUs) have reaped much of the economic value of TSMC's advancements (TSMC has a couple hundred billion market cap compared to ~$3 trillion of the prior three companies, combined) and now TSMC is flexing.
It's time for the US companies to band together and bring the manufacturing home, or pay TSMC's rising prices.
It's time for the US companies to band together and bring the manufacturing home, or pay TSMC's rising prices.
Prices are increasing everywhere, not just tech. Stainless steel, wood, many other raw materials too. Chip shortage everywhere, car industry taking a hit. No shocker here.
Anybody here pretending they will leave Apple over a price hike is blowing smoke. They will do the same as you and me, continue to buy their products. I prefer to have Apple, period. I work in the automotive industry and the price of cars has gone up due to the inventory shortage. Sales have been going through the roof because people still want their car.
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I hope you believe what you're saying because high prices haven't stopped Tesla's sales. Nice "logic" but you're way wrong.
Except it offers limited Airtag functionality. And what it misses I prefer to have an iPhone 11 or newer just to get those functions.
Since Apple is producing their products on a such a massive scale, it's hard to say they would need to raise prices?
Produce them in the USA and give the other producers some competition to bring down the costs.
I hear there is a monastery where the monks make computer chips. Certainly you have read about the chipmonks.
Ok I see the door, I'll show myself out.
I hear there is a monastery where the monks make computer chips. Certainly you have read about the chipmonks.
Ok I see the door, I'll show myself out.
I can't speak for celebs but I will say I don't think you're being fair to YouTubers. Yes while they get stuff free to review YOU get to watch their reviews free of charge so YOU can make an informed decision as to whether you want to buy it or not. You're not paying one red cent to watch their reviews. And before you say those big YouTubers say what the companies want them to say there are still a lot of big YouTubers who give honest reviews. Max Tech is just one great example of an honest big YouTuber.
Siri defines words. I just asked Siri to define noticeable and I was given a definition. You're welcome to verify with any of your devices with Siri.
I just tapped Like on this comment, and was confronted with something new:
Seriously, MacRumors? We have to confirm a Like now?
Would not the crucial component prices paid by Apple to the suppliers be frozen by now, so late in the production cycle?
Perhaps this played-into Apple's decision to delay the roll-out of CSAM.
Perhaps they thought a Double Whammy would scare-off too many potential iPhone 13 buyers !
Perhaps they thought a Double Whammy would scare-off too many potential iPhone 13 buyers !
As long as we don’t know the exact chip price 20% don’t mean anything. If the chip price is 15 dollar and got increased to 18, Apple will probably raise the price by 50 bucks.
I've got my 16" MBP, and iPad 12.9 M1 ... only further upgrade I really want is the watch. If need be I can go another year on my 11 Pro Max after lockdown in the UK stopped me upgrading, but taught me the old phone still works even tho a new one comes out 
Apple needs to start taking some of the blow. They cannot keep raising the price of the iPhone. At this rate, there will be iPhone 13 models selling for $2,000.