The Same Price

Inflation hasn’t been kind to anyone. Prices on everything seem to increase every week, but we’re hoping the iPhone 16 is different.

We’d certainly like to see Apple keep the same price across all iPhone 16 models, although it’s hard to say what to expect here. While buying an iPhone 15 Pro Max got more expensive last year, that wasn’t technically a price increase as Apple simply eliminated the most affordable 128 GB model; the 256 GB version still sells for the same $1,199 that the 256 GB iPhone 14 Pro Max did.

The 6.1-inch iPhone 15 Pro kept its 128 GB version and its $999 starting price. The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus also remained at the same prices as the iPhone 14 models from the year before.

Still, there are reports that the iPhone 16 Pro will suffer the same fate as the iPhone 15 Pro Max did last year, starting at 256 GB with a higher price tag to match.

There’s no word on what Apple will do with the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus, but a price increase could be coming because the components to make the iPhone 15 were reportedly at their most expensive last year, which means Apple already ate the production costs for its 2023 models instead of increasing the price.

This year, however, Apple will most likely need to increase the price of the iPhone. We have already seen the company increase the price of iPad Pro models during its Let Loose event. The new iPad Pro models are now $300 more expensive. Granted, a big part of that bump is their new Tandem OLED technology, so we don’t expect the iPhone to get a $300 price hike, but we’ll probably see a small price increase this year.

Still, we can only hope that Apple keeps the prices the same for yet another year.