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Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory
Some Macs are hundreds of dollars more expensive today than yesterday.
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The korea Herald News
· Jul 9, 2026
Why Apple wants Chinese memory it can't use
When Apple raised MacBook and iPad prices by up to 20 percent last month, wiping 263 billion off its market value in a day, it blamed unsustainable memory prices. Then it went to Washington to ask permission to buy DRAM from a Chinese company sitting on a Pentagon blacklist. Kim Yang-paeng, a semiconductor researcher at the state-run Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, does not think Apple actually wants to buy these chips. He thinks it wants to be seen trying. From the consu
Engadget
· Jun 25, 2026
Apple hikes prices for most of its hardware
Macs, MacBooks, iPads and other Apple products just got more expensive.
Kotaku
· Jun 25, 2026
Man, It’s Going To Get So Much Worse Before It Gets Better
Even Apple is jacking up its prices, and the MacBook Neo is the latest casualty
Rock Paper Shotgun
· Jun 29, 2026
US lawsuit accuses Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron of worsening the RAM crisis by fixing memory prices and supply
Chip makers Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron have been accused of fixing RAM prices and supply, thereby exacerbating the effects of the ongoing memory crisis, in a US class action lawsuit. According to the suit, the trio have co-ordinated their pivots from focusing on making the sort of RAM consumer tech needs to the high bandwidth memory typically used by AI datacentres, with no-one stepping up to take advantage of fulfilling the demand such moves have left for non-astronomically priced memory on the consumer side. Read more
CityNews Montreal
· Jun 25, 2026
Apple increases prices for Macs and iPads, blaming a shortage of memory chips
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 Cupertino, California-based company called the demand spike an “unprecedented challenge” for the consumer electronics industry. “The rapid expansion of AI data centers has created an extraordinary surge in demand for [] The post Apple increases prices for Macs and iPads, blaming a shortage of memory chips appeared first on CityNews Montreal.
Seeking Alpha
· Jun 26, 2026
Apple: The Post-Price Hikes Selloff Is An Overreaction
Apple: The Post-Price Hikes Selloff Is An Overreaction
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Related coverage for "Apple ratchets up prices, blames the cost of memory": The korea Herald News — Why Apple wants Chinese memory it can't use. Engadget — Apple hikes prices for most of its hardware. Kotaku — Man, It’s Going To Get So Much Worse Before It Gets Better. Rock Paper Shotgun — US lawsuit accuses Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron of worsening the RAM crisis by fixing memory prices and supply. CityNews Montreal — Apple increases prices for Macs and iPads, blaming a shortage of memory chips. Seeking Alpha — Apple: The Post-Price Hikes Selloff Is An Overreaction