Big shock to Apple users, MacBook and iPad become expensive, now buying iPhone may also be expensive

Apple Price Hike: If you are also planning to buy Apple’s MacBook or iPad, then this news can shake your budget. Let us tell you that the company has increased the prices of many of its famous MacBook and iPad models. Regarding which Apple says that due to the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence, the cost of memory and storage components has increased significantly, due to which there is a need to take this decision.

AI becomes the biggest reason for price increase

While giving information, Apple has said that the tech industry is increasingly becoming AI-centric. In such a situation, more RAM and storage is required to run the new AI features better. For this reason, the prices of memory chips and storage components are continuously increasing. In such a situation, the effect of rising costs is now directly visible on the customers and the company has also made many of its devices expensive.

Prices of these MacBook and iPad models increased

If we look at the new price list that has surfaced, the starting price of MacBook Neo has now been increased from $599 to $699. Not only this, the price of MacBook Air 512GB has been increased from $1,099 to $1,299 and MacBook Pro 1TB will now be available for $1,999, which was earlier priced at $1,699. Its effect is also visible on iPad. In which the price of iPad Air 128GB has increased from $599 to $749 and the price of iPad Pro Wi-Fi 256GB has increased from $999 to $1,199.

For information, let us tell you that while updating the prices, Apple had also closed its online store for some time, which was later restarted with a new price list.

Storage companies got big benefits

Reports have revealed that due to the increase in demand for memory and storage chips, the companies manufacturing these components have benefited greatly. Due to the increasing demand for AI based devices, their business is also increasing rapidly. In which Apple has already been making changes in its lineup by removing models with less storage and making models with more storage as base variants, due to which the price automatically increases.

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Will iPhone also be expensive now?

In such a situation, a question is coming in everyone’s mind that if the cost of memory and storage continues to increase like this in the coming months, then it may affect the prices of iPhone also. Especially models with more storage and advanced AI features may be more expensive than before. In such a situation, while answering this question, industry experts say that with the increase in AI capability in future smartphones, companies will invest more in hardware upgrades, which can have a direct impact on the prices.