Apple, at its Surprise and Shine event on Wednesday, unveiled its new iPhone 18 and its first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo. But amid all the attention on Apple’s newest and most expensive devices, there’s another change: Apple is raising the price of its existing iPhone models by $100.
Starting today, customers will notice a price hike for existing models on Apple’s online store, including starting prices for iPhone 16 at $799, iPhone 17e at $699, iPhone 17 at $899, and iPhone Air at $1,099.
The price increases are even steeper in some international markets. In India, for example, prices have reportedly risen by around 20.5%. The company also discontinued the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max.
The strategy is an unusual one for Apple. Traditionally, the arrival of a new generation of iPhones means older models become cheaper.
However, the price hike wasn’t entirely unexpected. Speculation had been building that Apple could raise prices as it introduced its next-generation iPhones. One of the biggest pressures is a global shortage of memory and storage chips. Demand for those components has surged as AI companies and cloud providers build out increasingly massive data centers.
