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Apple Products Could See 'Noticeable' Price Rises Amid Increased Chip Costs
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A13 value was estimated at $64.
Various articles commented about a $17 price hike for the A14, so $81.
Various articles commented about a $17 price hike for the A14, so $81.
Increasing prices to make up for increased costs does not mean higher profits...
There has been a flurry of negative news for Apple recently, and yet its stock is at all-time-highs
And I'd prefer a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, but that's not going to be happening in this life.
If Apple isn’t careful, their annual profits might dip from 90.99 gajillion down to only 90.98 gajillion.
Everyone is ramping up the prices. Every single chip in the iPhone (or indeed thousands of other devices) is getting more expensive.
No but it also doesn't mean decreased profits for Apple either.
China tried to copy what TSMC does. Thinking that if they throw enough money at a problem, the problem would be solved. China even poached hundreds of TSMC RDs and high level directors. However they do it, China just can't replicate TSMC's success. China is beginning to have a foothold on mature processes like 28nm. But advanced processes, not a chance so far.
HSMC, the Chinese company groomed to overtake TSMC, was established in 2017 and funded with 20 billion USD. It went bankrupt this year. If Apple was to do it, I would imagine some joint venture between Apple and TSMC instead of Apple entirely going alone.
“Now, we don’t know for sure, but your husband may have been impaled between two train cars. I’d like to wait for the blood work before discussing if treatment may be necessary.”
Apple would never use the corona-situation as an excuse to increase prices, would they?
Like I get the feeling a lot of other shops have done as well.
Like I get the feeling a lot of other shops have done as well.
When you think about how much a Pro Max with mid tier storage costs these days… wow. Too much already.
more than many laptops !!
But people have choices. Plenty of decent androids for much cheaper and *most people would probably be happy with them.
more than many laptops !!
But people have choices. Plenty of decent androids for much cheaper and *most people would probably be happy with them.
Once the price is increased they’ll never go back
How this makes any sense to you is beyond me? If the chip costs go up and Apple has to pay more for the chips but doesn't pass the price hike onto the customer then that means decreased profits.
Unless this was sarcasm nothing you're saying make any sense. Apple is not using COVID as an excuse to raise prices. Due to the chip shortage the cost of chips are higher, henceforth the price increase. Yes this has to do with COVID but the chip shortage is where it starts. It's not Apple just syphoning extra money out of people for no good reason.
Actually that's not true, Apple also reduces prices if the cost go down. That won't happen soon though, because of the high demands right now.
That is exactly my point. They can afford to lose some profit and the fact we have people defending multi- trillion dollar companies at the cost of consumers boggles my mind. Especially when they are profiting a hefty amount already with nothing being brought to the table for the consumer to benefit from?
With Apple adding RISC-V and legally supporting x86_64 for at least 7 more years you might not be surprised eventually that ARM is the Architecture they drop first
No no no. That's where you're wrong. You're only looking at Apple from a personal standpoint, not business. You're forgetting they are publicly-traded company so they have shareholders to appease to, not just customers. If a company purposely takes a profit loss their stocks will tank from investors dumping shares. It's not as cut n' dry as you're making out to be. Think about yourself being the CEO running a 2 trillion dollar valuation company and see if you would just simply take profit losses to "be nice" to customers. The board would vote you off.
This is not even a prediction. They definitely will. Expect to pay $100 more for the goodies folks. Majority will pay. That’s Apple.
Too bad. 
Hike might be around $50 to $100 for iPhones. Maybe the 13 Pro Max might start at $1199
Hike might be around $50 to $100 for iPhones. Maybe the 13 Pro Max might start at $1199