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MacRumors · United States · Apple raises MacBook and iPad prices as AI memory demand drives component costs to record highs
First detailed breakdown of new prices across the Mac and iPad lineup; quotes Apple's statement attributing the increases to memory and storage component costs rising at an unprecedented rate, and notes iPhones are not immediately affected, likely because their display and assembly costs dominate the bill of materials over DRAM.
“We have never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly, Apple said in a statement announcing the changes.”