Link to: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/apple-explains-why-it-raised-prices/

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

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.

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 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…

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

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

Link to: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/apple-explains-why-it-raised-prices/

Tech giant says it can no longer shield customers from soaring costs driven by the AI industry’s data centre buildout

Apple and Microsoft have said they are raising prices on a range of consumer electronics as surging demand from artificial intelligence data centers drives up the cost of memory…

NEW YORK — Apple raised the prices of its Macs and iPads on Thursday, citing the soaring costs of memory and storage chips as the artificial intelligence (AI) boom has created a…

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.