The iPhone 14 is expected to debut this fall, but this generation of iPhones seems to bring a lot of changes, except that the iPhone 14 Pro series will usehole punch screenas well asUpgrade the processorwith the iPhone 14 seriesDifferentiationNow there is more news that the price of the entire iPhone 14 series has changed, unfortunately this time it will be adjusted upwards.
Previously, Bloomberg reported that Hideki Somenomiya, chief financial officer of Showa Denko Co., Ltd., an important raw material supplier for TSMC wafer foundry, has predicted that the supply price of raw materials will be increased due to the rising cost, and said that this situation will not be very good until 2023. It is possible to alleviate, Showa Denko is also one of the chip manufacturers such as Infineon, and one of the raw material suppliers of Toyota engines.
In addition to the news from chip raw material suppliers, Dan Ives, a technology industry expert at Widbush Securities, also expects the iPhone 14 series to rise by about US$100 (about NT$3,000) across the board, because the cost of the supply chain has risen across the board, and Apple may Unable to withstand the cost pressure, the price of the iPhone has been increased.
However, Ben Wood, chief analyst of the analysis agency CCS Insight, believes that the cost of parts has indeed increased significantly, and it is almost imperative to increase the price of the iPhone 14, but because people’s living expenses are also rising, if the price of the iPhone 14 increases, it may be The opposite is true, so Apple may still insist on maintaining the original price.
The most entry-level model of the iPhone 13 is the iPhone 13 mini, with a minimum price of NT$22,900, but the iPhone 14 series is expected to cut off the mini product line, and the entry-level model will become the iPhone 14. Under the condition that the price remains unchanged, the threshold for entry It will also be increased to NT$25,900. If the price of the iPhone 14 increases further, consumers who are going to switch to the iPhone 14 this year must prepare to increase their budget.
Citing source:Bloomberg、The Sun