Apple customers are about to pay hundreds of dollars more for some of the company’s most popular products after the tech giant raised prices on a number of its flagship products.

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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.

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...

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

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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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.

Apple on Thursday announced an increase in prices for Macs and iPads, citing a memory chip shortage brought on by the artificial intelligence boom

The tech giant insists it has “shielded customers from these increases so far” but can no longer do so.

Memory chip shortages linked to AI push Apple device prices up by as much as $300

Company says it cannot shield customers from memory and storage chip costs – and iPhone hikes could be next

Apple raises Mac prices as memory costs surge, driven by AI data center demand. Analysts weigh how rising component costs could pressure margins and future pricing.