The iPhone 17 launch is still nine months away, but we already have the first price hike rumor. That’s hardly surprising if you’ve been following iPhone leaks in recent years. We’ve seen iPhone price hike rumors with every generation since the iPhone 14 series.
Some rumors said only the iPhone Pro models would get more expensive, but they turned out to be false. Apple did raise the iPhone 15 Pro Max entry price, moving it to $1,199. But all Apple actually did was to eliminate the 128GB tier. The 256GB price point remained unchanged. iPhone 16 prices are in line with last year’s model, Pro Max included.
The only iPhone price hike we witnessed in recent years concerned specific markets, and it was all due to fluctuations in currency exchange rates. First, Apple raised iPhone prices in the UK, Europe, and other regions for the iPhone 14 series. A year later, it dropped the prices in the same regions. All the while, iPhone prices stayed unchanged in Apple’s home market, the US.
With all that in mind, I’d be tempted to say the iPhone 17 price hike expectations shouldn’t scare anyone, especially this early in the rumor cycle. But what if there’s actual merit this time around?
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