User level: Level 1 (4 points)Why the price of 17 go up when the 18 was released with 100£/€ /$??
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Original Title: Price
Posted on Sep 16, 2026 10:32 AM
User level: Level 10 (105,996 points)Sep 16, 2026 10:42 AM in response to Andrei8
It has long been reported that RAM prices have skyrocketed along with other components. Apple previously announced price increases on their other products and it was expected that the iPhone increase would be next. You could expect that the increased costs were factored into the iPhone 18 and since there is no large stockpile of iPhones laying around before the increase costs, any newly built iPhone 17 would also be more expensive to produce and the price paid is reflected in those increased costs as well.
User level: Level 10 (201,695 points)Sep 16, 2026 10:33 AM in response to Andrei8
Andrei8 wrote:
Why the price of 17 go up when the 18 was released with 100£/€ /$??
No one here in this user-to-user forum can speak for Apple.
I would note that many components have gone up significantly in price.
User level: Level 9 (64,078 points)Sep 16, 2026 10:38 AM in response to Andrei8
Costs of goods and services increased and therefore the manufacturer increased retail prices to maintain profit margins. Just economics 101.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256358347