In TrendsSensex TodaySteamhouse India IPO GMPGold and Silver PricesBRICS SummitBank Strike TodayApple iPhone price hike: Why old and new iPhones are getting more expensiveApple’s latest iPhone price hike in India goes beyond its newest models, raising questions over what is driving the sharp increase and how the global AI boom may be playing a role.By CNBCTV18.com September 11, 2026, 2:14:06 PM IST (Published)Apple has raised prices across its current iPhone lineup in India, with some older models becoming as much as ₹65,000 more expensive, even as the company unveiled its first foldable iPhone.The sharpest increases came in India, where Apple also launched the new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. In the US, the new Pro models are $100 more expensive than last year’s flagships, while older iPhones retained in the lineup have also seen price increases.The moves come against the backdrop of a global memory-chip crunch, with surging demand from artificial intelligence (AI) data centres pushing up the cost of memory and storage components.New iPhones, new price tagsThe iPhone 18 Pro starts at ₹1,64,900 in India, while the iPhone 18 Pro Max is priced from ₹1,79,900. In the US, the two models start at $1,199 and $1,299 respectively —…
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