Unless you get anything else to buy things for you (if you do), I am sure so far, by the middle of 2025, you will be well aware that prices have gone up. I also believe that you want it to be another way.
The same place enters the iPhone 17 games – apparently, this little fola is getting more expensive – not less than $ 50, compared to its predecessor.
As in the story, every model in each model IPhone 17 The lineup is going to be more expensive.
IPhone 17 dummy units. | Photo by Fonina
I’m not surprised. In fact, a $ 50 price tag bump almost seems like a small win for me. Before you attract your pitches and illuminate these flames, let me press: I don’t intend to defend Apple. I am well aware that capertino equipment can be ridiculous. So much so that I never bought an iPhone with my money.
However, I can see how and why IPhone 17In the eyes of Tim Coke & Company, a new, high price is justified.
IPhones and $$$
IPhone 17 dummy units. | Photo by Fonina
Apple has always played in the premium place, and he never apologized. The company not only sells the phone, but is also wrapped in a strongly controlled ecosystem and wrapped in sucking content and well -better hardware. And people buy it in it-sometimes literally on a premium. Just see what happened in 2023: a first -generation, a factory sealing iPhone auction was surprised at $ 190,373. This is not just a brand loyalty – it is cultural stability. Even if you stop at the “clutter”, you too will not be 100 % wrong.
To keep things in the context, the original iPhone was launched in 2007 at $ 499. Adjusting inflation, it is about $ 775 for July 2025 – this is not far from the cost of the iPhone 16 starting $ 799.
But there is another layer of price collision: risk management. Apple, like other tech giants, is also taking the growing delicate global manufacturing landscape. Most of the iPhone production is still connected in China, especially in US policy circles, any possible rates that come from 75 to 100 % of the limits will be hardly affected.
Apple has been transmitting parts of its production to India, but if there is a geographical political stress there, matters can be as dirty. Extra $ 50 can be a hedging method of Apple’s uncertainty. It’s not just about material or labor – it’s about insulation from global shock.
What else are we getting for higher price?
The iPhone 17 Air Dummy Unit looks thinner as a regular iPhone. | Photo by Fonina
IPhone 17 It’s not just too expensive – it’s clearly more expensive. Even the base model, which is often treated as a “safe” option in the past lineup, is creating some hardware upgrades. A standout change is that Samsung’s M -14 O LED display is to be adopted throughout the lineup, including the standard model. It is a jump on the previously used M13 panels, which allegedly brings high brightness levels, long display life and low energy consumption. It is rare for Apple to offer top -tear display tech outside Pro models, so this shift recommends more united, high quality experience throughout the board.
Regularly there is also a bump in the size of the screen IPhone 17Expected to increase from 6.12 inches to 6.27 inches. All models combined with a long -overdosal upgrade in 120H Heritz refresh rate (not just profession) means smooth visual, better response, and more premiums feel which version you buy. It only identifies one of the biggest complaints in which users have been lagging behind Android’s rivals in display tech about base iPhones.
Below the hood, regularly IPhone 17 The A19 chip (like rumor iPhone 17 Air) can ship, which indicates a change in Apple’s specific strategy to give the base model last year’s chip. Although it can live on 8GB of ram, it can be found 12GB in pro and air variations, which can further further enhance the characteristics of multi -tasking and AI.
In conjunction with the expected improvement in the selfie camera and a new light purple color for some different searches, the upgrade for the baseline model seems balanced. Better silicon, better screens, better design.
Even contacts get a theory with Wi -Fi -7 support, internal Bluetooth, and possibly a custom C -1 modem. Overall, this is much more upgrade cycle than that IPhone 16Who focused more on the restoration than recovery.
Are ready to break the banks?
An iPhone 17 Pro Dummy Unit and iPhone 16 Pro. | Photo by Fonina
If the price hike is $ 50, I would say it’s not surprising. Tariff War is not a joke (and no one knows where it will go) and not just the phone, everything is getting more expensive. Of course, the price increase in price is currently a rumor – the rumor is that it is “minimal”. So, if prices rise to $ 100, I won’t be surprised again, but a 99 899 baseline IPhone 17 Not worth it. Certainly not when Apple can’t take its action together and is lagging behind the competition on the AI Front. Yes, the price of the iPhone can be very high for you (even $ 50 – even without colliding with a price) – and, of course, seriously powerful Android flagship that comes cheaper than ~ 800, but it is irrelevant. IPhone fans will be attracted to the next iPhone, regardless of Android rivals.
But if Apple is giving us better screens, sharp chips, smooth scrolls and lower parts of third-party suppliers, we may not just be paying $ 50-we are expecting to meet more. And hey, in 2025, it feels almost like a deals. However, price hikes will be a crime.
