Link to: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/apple-explains-why-it-raised-prices/
Apple’s Full Statement on Yesterday’s Price Increases
Apple, in a statement issues to the press yesterday, quoted fully by MacRumors:
The consumer electronics industry is facing an unprecedented
challenge. The rapid expansion of AI data centers has created an
extraordinary surge in demand for memory and storage. We have
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