Amazon raises Echo, Kindle, Fire TV, and eero prices by up to 60%, blaming the memory crunch
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What just happened? Amazon is following in the footsteps of virtually every company on earth by increasing the price of its first-party products as a result of the memory crisis. Everything from the Echo smart speaker to the Fire TV line has become more expensive, with some items going up by as much as 60%.
Amazon's price hikes include an increase in the base Echo Dot from $49.99 to $79.99, Fortune reports. Elsewhere, the Echo Show 11 now costs $249.99, a $30 jump from its previous $219.99 price.
E-reader fans will pay a hefty $40 more for the 16GB Kindle, which is now $149.99, while the 16GB Kindle Paperwhite has increased by the same amount, rising from $159.99 to $199.99.
Amazon's Fire TV line and routers haven't been spared, either. The Fire...
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