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Apple's Tim Cook Says Price Increases Are 'Unavoidable'

CNET · Jun 18, 2026, 2:53 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

RAMageddon strikes again: Cook told The Wall Street Journal that rising memory prices have made current prices "unsustainable."

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