Don't delay that MacBook upgrade — Apple's laptop price hikes could be much worse than the iPhone 18…

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  • JP Morgan believes the iPhone 18 Pro price hike could be less severe than other analysts have predicted, at just $50
  • Another analyst has flagged chip price increases at TSMC which will affect Apple, and its laptops are in a different situation to iPhones
  • The end result could be substantial laptop price increases, while Apple's smartphones get away relatively unscathed

We know Apple's products have price hikes coming — Tim Cook has made that clear in no uncertain terms — but based on the latest spinning from the rumor mill, the iPhone could get away with a relatively mild price bump, with MacBooks potentially hit a good deal harder.

You might be surprised at the possibility that the next iPhone might not be hiked by all that much, because earlier rumors and napkin maths suggested that the incoming iPhone 18 Pro might hit $1,299 in the US, a hefty...

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