Apple hikes MacBook and iPad prices, blaming rising chip costs

Apple said it had "never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly".

Apple Raises Prices on Macs and iPads Amid the A.I. Boom

The tech giant cited the soaring costs of memory and storage chips as it increased prices more than $200 on some devices.

By Kalley Huang

Apple Raises Mac and iPad Prices to Counter Memory Shortages - Bloomberg

Apple Raises Mac and iPad Prices to Counter Memory Shortages  Bloomberg

Apple increases MacBook and iPad prices by 20%

iPhone maker blamed cost rises on memory chip shortages caused by AI boom

Apple raises iPad and MacBook prices, blaming cost of chips amid AI boom

Company says it cannot shield customers from memory and storage chip costs – and iPhone hikes could be next Apple raised iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer shield customers from soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI industry’s datacenter buildout. The move does not affect Apple’s cash cow, the iPhone. But it would take starting price of the ⁠Neo, its lowest priced laptop, from $599 to $699 mere months after launch. Continue reading...

By Guardian staff and agency

Despite AI bubble fears, memory chip makers work to fill insatiable demand

Markets have been on edge about the AI investment boom, but earnings from the biggest U.S. memory chip maker, Micron, signal no end in sight to demand for the microchips at the heart of it all.

By John Ruwitch

Apple hikes prices on iPads, MacBooks, as AI crunches global memory chip supply

Apple hiked iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer “shield” customers from soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI industry's rapid and expansive data center buildout.

Apple raises prices on MacBook and iPad due to memory crunch, hints at more to come

Tim Cook said last week that Apple would hike prices due to surging memory and storage costs.

Apple’s price hikes suggest inflation won’t slow quickly, even as gas gets cheaper

Gas is getting cheaper, but Apple raising prices probably tells us more about the persistence of inflation.

By Jeffry Bartash

Apple is charging you more and blaming AI data centers. That's a big deal.

Apple CEO Tim Cook says the boom in AI data centers has made price hikes "unavoidable". Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Last week Apple said it was going to raise prices, because the AI data center boom was making its chips more expensive. Today, Apple unveiled price hikes of at least 15% on many of its MacBooks and iPads. It's a milestone: a giant consumer company telling consumers prices are going up because of AI. It's possible that AI will bring us all kinds of amazing things in the future...

Apple Sinks 6% in a Memory-Cost “Hundred-Year Flood” That Has Micron Surging

Apple hikes iPad, Mac prices in India as AI-driven memory crunch bites: Check new cost

Apple has significantly hiked prices for its Mac and iPad models in India, attributing the surge to soaring memory and storage component costs driven by the global AI boom. The MacBook Pro lineup has seen the steepest increases, with some models jumping by as much as Rs 70,000. Apple stated it absorbed these rising costs for as long as possible before passing them to consumers.

By TOI TECH DESK

Apple hikes prices by up to 42%: Check full price list for MacBooks, iPads, Vision Pro and HomePod devices

Apple raises MacBook and iPad prices by up to 42% as memory chip costs surge. Check the full list of new MacBook, iPad, Vision Pro and HomePod prices.

Apple hikes prices across Mac, iPad, and HomePod lineups in India as memory costs soar

Apple raises prices for MacBooks and iPads, as costs soar over AI

Apple said on Thursday that it was raising prices for its MacBook computers, iPad tablets and other products, citing spiralling memory and storage costs sparked by the rise of artificial intelligence. The price hikes — the first concrete change stemming from outgoing CEO Tim Cook’s repeated warnings about rising costs — sent Apple shares plummeting more than 4.7 per cent in morning trade. On its US website, price increases ranged from $30 to $300. The 14-inch MacBook Pro, which once sold for ...

By none@none.com (AFP)

Apple hikes price of MacBooks and iPads by up to €300 as global AI boom creates shortage of computer memory

The price rises have been described as “unavoidable” by CEO Tim Cook

By Adrian Weckler

Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads as memory costs skyrocket 

Apple price increases raise risks of 'demand friction' in iPads, Macs: Evercore

Apple is the Latest Company to Raise Prices Because of AI

Just a week after Tim Cook said price rises were inevitable, Apple has raised prices on most of its products due to increased memory demand.

By Jacqueline Thomas

SK Hynix, Micron Solidify the Memory Chip as Runaway Star of AI

With back-to-back announcements this week, SK Hynix Inc. and Micron Technology Inc. have solidified the memory chip market as the hottest part of the AI industry.

By Dina Bass, Nick Turner

Apple Price Shock: Macs And iPads Jump $200 Or More As Memory Crisis Worsens

Apple Price Shock: Macs And iPads Jump $200 Or More As Memory Crisis Worsens Readers were warned as early as late January to front-run the coming memory shortage by purchasing their favorite electronics, whether PCs, laptops, TVs, smartphones, or anything else dependent on high-end memory chips, as unprecedented data-center demand was already beginning to emerge. Fast forward nearly five months, and just two weeks after Apple CEO Tim Cook warned that "price increases are unavoid...

By Tyler Durden

Apple hikes prices of MacBooks, iPads on soaring memory costs

Tech giant Apple hiked on Thursday the prices for its iPad and MacBooks, saying it could no longer protect customers from rising memory and storage chip costs driven by the artific...

Apple raises prices for MacBooks and iPads, as costs soar over AI

Apple said Thursday it was raising prices for its MacBook computers, iPad tablets and other products, citing spiraling memory and storage costs sparked by the rise of artificial intelligence. The post Apple raises prices for MacBooks and iPads, as costs soar over AI appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Henry Oduah