Apple announces significant price increases for MacBooks, iPads, more

Apple has raised prices across the board for many of its products today. MacBook Neo now starts at $699 (up from $599), while MacBook Air now starts at $1299 (up from $1099). Other impacted products include MacBook Pro, iPad, iPad Air, and many more.

iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods pricing is unchanged.

Why is Apple increasing prices?

Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed the company would increase product prices in an interview last week. Cook explained that price increases had simply become “unavoidable” amid skyrocketing component costs affecting things like memory and storage. While Apple tried to weather the storm itself, the situation was ultimately “unsustainable.”

“We’re doing our best to mitigate the huge increases that are being passed to us, and we’ve been trying to shield our customers from the increases, but the situation has become unsustainable,” Cook said in the interview.

Cook specifically called out the increasing amount of memory going to high-bandwidth memory used for AI servers. “There’s less supply at a time when consumers want devices and the memory guys are passing along huge price increases,” he said.

In a statement to Reuters today, Apple said:

“We have never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly. We have shielded our customers from these increases so far, but we have now reached a point where we need to begin raising prices on a number of products, including today’s increases for iPad and Mac. We know this is not welcome news, and we are working tirelessly to find solutions.”

How much is Apple increasing prices?

Today’s price increases affect a ton of different Apple products, including the base starting price on things like MacBook Air, MacBook Neo, and more.

Macs

MacBook Neo: $699 (up from $599)

13-inch MacBook Air: $1,299 (up from $1,199)

15-inch MacBook Air: $1,499 (up from $1,299)

M5 MacBook Pro: $1,999 (up from $1,699)

M5 Pro MacBook Pro: $2,499

(up from $2,199)

M5 Max MacBook Pro: $4,099 (up from $3,599)

iMac: $1,499 (up from $1,299)

M4 Max Mac Studio: $2,499 (up from $1,999)

M3 Ultra Mac Studio: $5,299 (up from $3,999)

iPads

iPad: $449 (up from $349)

11-inch iPad Air: $749 (up from $599)

13-inch iPad Air: $949 (up from $749)

11-inch iPad Pro: $1,199 (up from $999)

13-inch iPad Pro: $1,499 (up from $1,299)

iPad mini: $599 (up from $499)

More products:

Apple TV 4K: $199 (up from $129)

HomePod: $349 (up from $299)

HomePod mini: $129 (up from $99)

Vision Pro: $3,699 (up from $3,499)

What do you think of these price increases from Apple? Are you surprised? Let us know down in the comments.

Amazon pricing on Apple products

The price increases haven’t yet hit some of Apple’s products being sold on Amazon — many of which were already discounted for Prime Day. This includes:

MacBook Neo: $589

13-inch MacBook Air: $949

15-inch MacBook Air: $1,149

M5 MacBook Pro: $1,549

iPad Air: $519

iPad Pro: $899

iPad: $299

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