The iPhone 16 series fell like the iPhone 15 series last year with US prices. But the iPhone can come up with the first price increase in 17 years.
According to Jeffrez’s analyst Edison Lee, the iPhone 17 series will increase by $ 50. Since President Donald Trump has considered what is considered as “Liberation Day”, the potential impact on the iPhone cost has been widely discussed. And yet, despite the prices and politics, the iPhone prices have been the same so far.
Lee expects this fall will change. He says the iPhone 17 Air (17 Slim), 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max will increase the cost of $ 50 to meet the costs of components and revenue, as the Business Insider said. He did not mention the increase in the price of the regular iPhone 17. If true, it would mean that the iPhone 17 Series will have preliminary prices:
- IPhone 17 – 29 829
- IPhone 17 Air – 79 979
- IPhone 17 Pro – 0 1,049
- IPhone 17 Pro Max – $ 1,249
According to a May report by the Wall Street Journal on the rise in prices, Apple is considering rising prices and that the increase could put the new and the latest features rather than revenue. But the launch of rumors that this fall in this fall will likely come at a higher price, no matter what Trump says or does.
Apple is the third largest US company, and most of its products are manufactured in China. Clearly, the supremacy of the iPhone has made it a sign of the ongoing uncertainty of the US economy and politics. But even without high component costs or revenue, the iPhone is obligatory to increase the price. The last price increase was five years ago.
From left: iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max. Regardless of everything that is done in 2025, the price of the phone has been the same.
Historically, five years between the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 7 have gone the longest period without any increase, ending with the launch at a higher price with the iPhone 8. We can learn a lot to see how the company has handled the prices (and one -time drop) before and what it means for the iPhone 17.
To find out how likely we are likely to increase prices, I group iPhone models in some types: standard, flagship and Behmotes. The quality includes models like the original iPhone, iPhone 8, iPhone XR and iPhone 16. The flagship includes variations like iPhone X, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro. And Behmut is for phones like iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone XS Max and iPhone 16 Pro Max. There are other versions that Apple sold, such as the iPhone 5C, SE series, iPhone Money Line and current iPhone Plus Line, which are not included in this analysis. Also, before any carrier waiver is applied, I use the US initial price for every iPhone. Let’s sink.
Standard prices of iPhone
The iPhone 16 launched in 2025 with an initial price of $ 829, as well as the iPhone 12 in 2020.
Since its inception in 2007, the standard iPhone has increased four prices and a correction. Many people will probably remember the $ 199 payment for the original iPhone, but in fact, this phone costs $ 499 off contract. In 2008, Apple priced at $ 100 with the iPhone 3G issuance, where it will be four years. Then, in 2012, the iPhone 5 was introduced with a long, 4 -inch screen and more $ 649 price tag.
By 2017, the iPhone’s 10th anniversary, and the iPhone 8 debuts at a cost of $ 699, which increased by $ 50. Every year between 2017 and 2019, the standard iPhone prices changed. In 2018, the iPhone XR launched at 9 749. Next year, the iPhone 11 came out, and the price returned to $ 699. And what makes this drop interesting is that the iPhone 11 was the first standard Apple phone with two rear cameras: a wide angle and ultra -wide. Until then, all the other standard iPhone models had only one rear camera. From 2007 to 2019, when Apple’s prices increased, it was in the $ 50 Information, in addition to the first and second iPhone models.
Then 2020 happened. It was a wild year for the iPhone and everyone due to pandemic diseases. But Apple was able to launch the iPhone 12, which costs $ 829, which has the biggest increase for standard iPhone: $ 130. There was the same price of the models: the iPhone 13, 14, 15 and 16 costs $ 829.
If Apple is following its previous behavior, then the standard iPhone is due to an increase in price. The last increase was in 2020, five years ago, and the Apple standard model never had six years without prices. But will the company gradually increase its price in a few years as it did between the iPhone 7, 8 and XR? Or will it all be like he did with iPhone 12?
Apple’s standard iPhone is the most popular, and it is safe to expect the iPhone 17 (and even if Trump was not selected). Now we just need to think about how much prices and politics can increase even more.
Flags: iPhone Pro Model Prices
The iPhone 16 Pro 2024 emerged with an initial price of $ 999, which is like the 2017 iPhone X.
Apple does not always have a different condition of the iPhone Pro, but it began in 2017 with the start of the iPhone X, which was initially priced at $ 9999. The phone debuted with 9 699 iPhone 8, which does not take a $ 50 increase of 8.
But this is the place where things get interesting. Apple has never raised prices on the iPhone Pro model. The cost of iPhone X, XS, 11 Pro, 12 Pro, 13 Pro, 14 Pro, 15 Pro, 15 Pro, 15 Pro and 16 Pro Sub is $ 999. It’s eight years without price hikes!
What is even more shocking is that when you correct inflation: According to the Consumer Price Index Inflation Calculator, the 2017 iPhone X’s $ 9999 will cost $ 1,298 in 2025. The iPhone Pro is obligatory to increase prices, and I expect the iPhone 17 Pro price high.
Behemoths: iPhone Plus, Max and Pro Max Prices
IPhone 16 Pro (left) and iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Since 2014, Apple has sold a large version of the iPhone. Some of these standard iPhone versions were nothing but a large screen and battery as well as some minor differences, such as the iPhone 6, except for the iPhone 6, the camera had an optical image stability while the iPhone 6 did not happen. But starting with the iPhone 7 Plus, the “Pro” features in the larger version, such as the other rear camera and portrait, began to be like.
In terms of pricing, the iPhone 6 Plus debuted at 9 749, which was more than the iPhone 6 from $ 100. In 2017, Apple had three models of the iPhone: 9 699 iPhone 8, 9 749 iPhone 8 Plus (7 Plus increase $ 50) and 9999 iPhone X.
In 2018, Apple launched 0 1,099 iPhone XS Max, which I consider the real successor of the initial iPhone Plus line. This means that the big iPhone has increased by $ 350 in the same year, Apple has made the largest part so far. I admit that some people probably don’t think that the XS Max Plus is following and will consider it a completely new form of the iPhone. But this is my commentary.
Like the iPhone Pro, Max and Pro Max will have the same price for years. In 2023, Apple increased the admission barrier for the Pro Max model and did not submit a 0 1,099 version of the iPhone 15 Pro Max with 128GB storage. Instead, you had to pay $ 1,199 for a 256GB variety, which technically costs like 256GB storage like the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
IPhone 17 and 17 Pro Prices
No one knows how much of the rumors besides Apple will cost the iPhone 17.
Even without taxes, it is safe to understand that for some models, the iPhone 17 lineup prices will be higher. But when you are factoring in everything that happens this year, it is difficult to guess how much the price will increase and it will affect only one or two models, or the entire iPhone will apply in 17 line.
Earlier this year, Apple increased the price on its very affordable model. Although it lacks SE branding the previous low -cost iPhone, the iPhone 16 E came with a $ 599 price tag, which is $ 429 more than the iPhone SE (2022).
Apple does not talk about unmanaged products or their prices. But we have unusually Apple’s indication of how these taxes can affect the company.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said during a quarterly income call on May 1st, “Assuming that current global revenue rates, policies and applications do not change the quarter balance and no new revenue is added, we estimates the impact of increasing our costs 900 million.”
Obviously, this million was not just for the iPhone, but for all Apple products. And it was three weeks ago when Trump threatened the iPhone purely and another tariff. But Million is a lot to swallow any company, and will eventually need to make this extra cost. This usually means higher prices, even if Trump is pressured by Apple to attribute this increase to “new design and features”.
If there is definitely one thing, we will know exactly what those prices will be when Apple launches the next generation of the iPhone model in the September program.
Apple did not respond to a comment.
