Apple's Latest Price Increases Go Beyond Macs and iPads

Apple can't be expected to change their large margins - we should absorb it no matter the cost.

It's not as if Apple didn't increase trade-in prices because they know it's a crisis and this isn't about grabbing more profits. They did increase trade-in prices too, right? right??

Just canceled Apple One Premier. Phase one of weening myself off of cloud subscription things. Setting up Immich and Nextcloud on my home server instead. Probably going to cancel Apple Music in the next 6 months. These subscription services have taken enough.

looks like they are ripping off the band aid all at once. What else needs increased?

Not nice for customers, but clever for Apple to do it mostly “all at once” AND to do it when no new products have been released.

Announces of price increases are easier to stomach when you’re not buying, and when we hit “new product time”, the increased prices will be the normal prices.

looks like they are ripping off the band aid all at once. What else needs increased?

The Polishing Cloth?

If that were true you would see trade-in prices increase too, because Tim labelled it as unprecedented. No increase = trying it on with profit grabs first in a crisis.

Maybe you are right, time will tell. The best way for us “normal” customers to fight back is not to upgrade our hardware, unless absolutely necessary. If demand is lower than anticipated, they may have to adjust their pricing strategy. I did anticipate these increases since early spring. I traded in my iPhone 13 Mini in April, and I replaced my iPad Air only 4 days before the massive price increases were announced. I don’t plan to upgrade again for a number of years.

After raising prices on all Macs and iPads ('https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/apple-explains-why-it-raised-prices/') worldwide last month, Apple increased prices on more products and services on Friday.



Apple has raised prices on Apple Music and Apple One plans around the world, iCloud+ plans in eight countries, and on iPhone models in Japan.

* Apple Music Now Costs $11.99 as Apple Increases Subscription Prices ('https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/17/apple-music-price-increase/')
* Apple Raises iCloud+ Prices in 8 Countries ('https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/17/apple-icloud-plus-price-increase/')
* Apple Raises iPhone Prices in Japan ('https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/17/apple-raises-iphone-prices-in-japan/')

In the U.S., only the prices of Apple Music and Apple One increased on Friday, with iCloud+ plans and iPhones not affected in that country for now.

Article Link: Apple's Latest Price Increases Go Beyond Macs and iPads ('https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/19/apple-just-raised-more-prices/')

and Friday's article attributed the iPhone price increase in Japan to currency fluctuation adjustment, which wasn't the first time that happened ... so, so far, only place where iPhone price increased is Japan ...

But, just be prepared ...
and if you are budget conscious and waiting for the iPhone 18 - the 17 is a great deal, snap it while you can