DRAM pricing will mean more iPhone price hikes in 2027, no relief through 2028
News DRAM pricing will mean more iPhone price hikes in 2027, no relief through 2028 Wesley Hilliard 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Wed Sep 16 2026, 06:52 PM EDT · 3 minute read AI-driven RAM shortages continue Apple has agreed to DRAM pricing at $2 per Gb in the new year, up from $1.50 today. With spiking demand and supply struggling to catch up, things are going to get much worse before they get better. Former Apple CEO Tim Cook called the AI-driven RAM shortages a "100-year flood" that would inevitably lead to product price increases.
- ▪News DRAM pricing will mean more iPhone price hikes in 2027, no relief through 2028 Wesley Hilliard 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Wed Sep 16 2026, 06:52 PM EDT · 3 minute read AI-driven RAM shortages continue Apple has agreed
- ▪With spiking demand and supply struggling to catch up, things are going to get much worse before they get better.
- ▪Former Apple CEO Tim Cook called the AI-driven RAM shortages a "100-year flood" that would inevitably lead to product price increases.
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News DRAM pricing will mean more iPhone price hikes in 2027, no relief through 2028 Wesley Hilliard 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Wed Sep 16 2026, 06:52 PM EDT · 3 minute read AI-driven RAM shortages continue Apple has agreed to DRAM pricing at $2 per Gb in the new year, up from $1.50 today. With spiking demand and supply struggling to catch up, things are going to get much worse before they get better. Former Apple CEO Tim Cook called the AI-driven RAM shortages a "100-year flood" that would inevitably lead to product price increases. Those price increases came for nearly every existing product but the iPhone, but then a $100 increase spread across the existing iPhone lineup in September.
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