Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory

Apple bumped its prices across much of its product lineup today, in some cases adding hundreds of dollars to the cost of a new Macintosh. An entry-level Mac Book Neo that cost $599 is now $699. The formerly $1,299 i Mac will now be a $1,499 i Mac. An M5 Mac Book Pro that was $1,699 is now $1,999. And at the very high end, an M3 Ultra Mac Studio—which features 96GB of memory—sees a $1,300 price increase to $5,299. The i Pad line is also getting more expensive, between $100 and $200, depending on the model. Smaller price increases have been applied to products like the Apple TV and HomePod. The price of iPhones remains unchanged, at least for now. The culprit? The soaring price of memory, according to an interview that Apple CEO Tim Cook gave to The Wall Street Journal earlier this month. “Unfortunately, price increases are unavoidable,” Cook told the paper. “We’re doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are being passed to us, and we’ve been trying to shield our customers from the increases, but the situation has become unsustainable.”Read full article Comments