Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro models are expected to cost more than their predecessors. The iPhone 15 Pro is estimated to be priced starting at $1,199 ($200 more than iPhone 14 Pro). The flagship iPhone 15 Ultra (née Pro Max) is likely to start at $1,299. With a rumored top end 2TB storage capacity, a fully-specced iPhone 15 Ultra could cost north of $2,000 or more than double the $999 starting price of Apple’s 13-inch M1 MacBook Air.
The iPhone 15 Pro could start with 256GB – and reach 2TB of storage capacity, a first for the iPhone. If that’s the case, my colleague Chris Smith predicts that the 2TB iPhone 15 Pro Max will cost a fortune.
Looking at the price Apple usually charges for 2TB devices, the iPhone 15 Pro Max could cost as much as $2,099.
I believe Apple will offer a 2TB storage capacity. Although some people expect an 8K recording feature, I think Cupertino will bring this capacity due to spatial photos and videos, a feature of the upcoming Apple Vision Pro.
This function captures 3D images, so I wonder if they will require more storage than regular photos and videos. In addition, with the company adding a USB-C port, more people will be able to listen to lossless songs since the Lightning port doesn’t provide the exact specification to stream this quality via wired headphones.
MacDailyNews Take: Last month, Tim Long, an analyst at British bank Barclays, wrote in a note to clients that Apple’s upcoming iPhone 15 Pro models will likely be more expensive than the current models. He based this information on conversations with supply chain companies in Asia.
If Long is correct, this year’s new iPhone starting pricing would look something like the bullet points below; still a tremendous value (especially when factoring in the effect of historic inflation):
• iPhone 15: $799 (unchanged)
• iPhone 15 Plus: $899 (unchanged)
• iPhone 15 Pro: $1,099 (vs. $999 for iPhone 14 Pro)
• iPhone 15 Pro Max: up to $1,299 (vs. $1,099 iPhone 14 Pro Max)
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“…could cost more…”
Or not.
Any headline which uses the verb “could” immediately qualifies itself in the first round of FUD news.
The is no “or not” about it.
Apple’s 13-inch M1 MacBook Air costs $749.99 at Amazon right now.
A 1TB iPhone 14 Pro Mac costs $1599 right now.
Apple’s top-end iPhone 15 Ultra WILL EASILY cost more than double the price of a MacBook Air.
It is disingenuous to compare the very most, fully decked out, not yet available, iPhone, at the still speculated full retail price, with a previous “iteration” of MacBook Air with the most minimal specifications, which happens to be on sale now at Amazon!
How far can that rubber band be stretched?
All the way around his neck apparently…..
Apple sells the 13-inch M1 MacBook Air today, new for just $999, making the headline more than plausible; in fact, it’s a near certainty to come true.
https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air/13-inch-m1
After nearly one year of use my iPhone Pro Max still shows 100% battery capacity/strength and I’m using just over 1/2 of the 1TB storage. I charge the phone overnight and sometimes on long driving trips. The battery easily lasts 1 1/2 days with pretty intense usage. I have over 13,000 photos and 3 or 400 videos. Great phone; great value. I’ll likely skip the iPhone 15 Pro Max but will get the 16. The FUD concerns over the “maybe” price of the 15 is just that… bull poop. A slightly higher % price increase in the messy world of Jo Bribem’s inflation (HUGE spending/deficit programs) is a nothing burger.
$2,000 or more for an iPhone?
In the immortal words of John Wayne and Buddy Holly says it ALL..
If $2000 is “a fortune” then I’m a tycoon. Sounds like a lot, then again it’ll be the most advanced pocket computer in history, even with Apple’s markup for storage. Try buying a decent used car for $2k, or rent in the Bay Area for a month that isn’t a single bedroom, or a full-time caregiver for a disabled person for a month. While it’s a ridiculous luxury purchase for people making minimum wage, it’s a no-brainer for people who use the internet to make money. You could probably resell it for $1700+ after a year if you wanted to.
It’s a fortune to millions of people in the middle and lower classes struggling to make a living or simply SURVIVE. For a friend in a small Appalachian town, amounts to five mortgage (house) payments.
Steve Jobs original vision was to place a Mac in every household. Cooks lack of vision is raising the price, fattening the corporate coffers — but NOT putting the top iPhone in every household…
I guess some one who is using an iPhone to shoot 4K videos might need an iPhone with 2TB of storage, but this is certainly a pro rather than a mainstream use case.
As such, it’s stupid to compare a top spec iPhone 15 Ultra with an entry level MacBook Air…