iPhone 18 Pro Models Could Be Up to $300 More Expensive, Says Analyst

This year's iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max could beryllium $250-$300 much costly than existing iPhone 17 Pro models owed to higher silicon and representation costs, an expert claimed today.


According to an earnings note by Jeff Pu of GF Securities, higher 2nm silicon and DRAM/NAND costs could thrust the terms hikes, arsenic Apple grapples with planetary constituent shortages owing to the AI infrastructure buildout.

Currently, the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max commencement astatine $1,099 and $1,199, respectively. In June, Apple increased the prices of iPads, Macs, HomePods, the Apple TV, and the Vision Pro. iPhone models were spared akin hikes. Pu believes terms hikes connected the next-generation Pro models could make "demand uncertainty." The expert has subsequently downgraded AAPL from bargain to hold.

It's a displacement of code from Pu, who successful May said Apple could terms the iPhone 18 Pro models "aggressively," contempt rising representation costs.

During the company's Q3 net call connected Thursday, outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook did not remark connected whether Apple plans to rise iPhone prices erstwhile the iPhone 18 Pro models and archetypal foldable motorboat this September, but galore analysts judge prices volition spell up.

This September, Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 18 Pro models alongside its archetypal foldable iPhone, which is expected to outgo northbound of $2,000. The regular iPhone 18, iPhone 18e, and iPhone Air 2 are expected to motorboat successful outpouring 2027.
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