- 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
Update: Not long after this story was published, Apple officially announced price hikes on MacBooks (and other products). The MacBook Neo entry-level laptop got a straight $100 hike to start at $699 in the US (£699 in the UK, AU$1,049 in Australia).