- Apple is reportedly contemplating a value rise for the iPhone 17 collection
- This would apparently be a minimum of partially resulting from “new options and design modifications”
- The firm is claimed to be reluctant accountable any enhance on tariffs
We haven’t heard a lot about iPhone 17 collection pricing but, however a brand new report suggests there could possibly be dangerous information on that entrance, with a value rise supposedly being thought-about by Apple.
This comes from a paywalled Wall Street Journal article (by way of Pocket Lint), which states that Apple is contemplating a value enhance resulting from “new options and design modifications”.
It appears doubtless that any value rise would a minimum of be partially as a result of tariffs the US has imposed on the remainder of the world, however in keeping with this report Apple doesn’t need to be seen as blaming the tariffs, in order to not get on the fallacious facet of the Trump administration. So any enhance would as an alternative be attributed to the aforementioned new options and design modifications.
That mentioned, it’s doubtless that the modifications to the road would, a minimum of partially, genuinely result in some enhance in value, particularly as leaks level to fairly a dramatic design overhaul, together with the launch of a brand new iPhone 17 Air mannequin.
Price predictions
In any case, going by this report Apple hasn’t but made any closing choices on pricing, and the report doesn’t speculate how a lot costs may enhance by if they’re certainly greater.
For reference, the iPhone 16 begins at $799 / £799 / AU$1,399, the iPhone 16 Pro begins at $999 / £999 / AU$1,849, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max begins at $1,199 / £1,199 / AU$2,149. We’d be shocked if Apple raised these costs by greater than about $100 / £100 / AU$150, however at this stage we actually can’t make sure.
We ought to discover out the precise costs in September, as that’s when the iPhone 17, the iPhone 17 Pro, the iPhone 17 Pro Max, and certain the rumored iPhone 17 Air are all prone to launch.
