Apple hiked iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer “shield” customers from soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI industry's rapid and expansive data center buildout.

Should memory manufacturers be doing more to increase production capacity? Is it right that consumers now face this 'AI-flation' in tech products?

The cheapest MacBook Pro now starts at $2,000.

Tim Cook says Apple’s price increases are ‘unavoidable’ as AI demand for memory chips drives up costs. The Mac mini’s entry price has already jumped.

Tim Cook said last week that Apple would hike prices due to surging memory and storage costs.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 25 : Apple raised iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer shield customers from soaring memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI…

Tech giant Apple hiked on Thursday the prices for its iPad and MacBooks, saying it could no longer protect customers from rising memory and storage chip...

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple raised iPad and MacBook prices on Thursday, saying it could no longer shield customers from soaring memory and storage chip c...

A surge, dubbed by some experts as ‘RAMageddon’, has been driven by a boom in AI data center construction

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Apple has increased U.S. prices across its MacBook and iPad lineups, with some models now costing as much as $300 more.

Apple has hiked prices on some of its most popular products, including the MacBook and iPad, because of the rising costs of memory and storage chips sparked by the AI boom.

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Apple has raised prices on several iPads and MacBooks, a sign that the artificial intelligence boom is now pushing up costs far beyond...

By Emily Bary and Christine Ji

Yes, you can blame AI. The price increases result from surging memory chip costs and short supply.

Following last week's announcement from Cook that Apple wasn't totally immune to the AI-driven memory crisis driving up costs, Apple has now revealed new prices for many...

Apple is increasing prices of some of its popular products, including iPads and Macbooks.

Apple has raised prices on MacBook and iPad devices, saying that AI data center investments have triggered a chain reaction that forced its hand.

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The price increases are largely unprecedented, with no equivalent in Apple’s modern history of sweeping hikes across much of its product line.