Apple raised Mac and iPad prices citing unsustainable memory chip costs, wiping $250B in market cap and triggering a selloff in Asian tech stocks including

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

Apple just rolled out a slew of price increases across Mac, iPad, Apple TV, HomePod and more product lines. Apple...

Apple CEO Tim Cook had earlier warned of price increases due to the memory chip shortage.

"The company briefly took down its Apple Online Store early this morning..."

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.

Apple shares are in the spotlight Thursday after reports of Mac and iPad price hikes tied to higher memory and storage costs.

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

Apple stock fell 5%, erasing $215B in market cap after Tim Cook confirmed price hikes driven by rising memory chip costs ahead of the iPhone 18 Pro launch.

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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.

Apple raised prices on several MacBook and iPad models after CEO Tim Cook warned that surging memory and storage costs had become unavoidable, as AI data centers fuel a component…

Apple hikes prices on iPads, Macs, and HomePods by up to $2,800 as AI-driven memory chip demand sends component costs soaring across the tech industry.

iPhone maker blamed cost rises on memory chip shortages caused by AI boom

“Today’s move is a clear signal that memory inflation is biting harder and faster than expected, even for Apple,” one analyst said.

The price hikes affected multiple Apple products, including the MacBook Neo, which increased from $599 to $699.

Apple raises prices on MacBooks, iPads and other devices as AI-driven memory chip shortages push costs higher. iPhone prices remain unchanged.

"Higher-than-expected magnitude of price increases on announced SKUs could drive pressure..."