{"id":378172,"date":"2026-09-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=378172"},"modified":"2026-09-17T07:00:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:00:03","slug":"apples-2027-iphone-prices-may-rise-again-memory-costs-climb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/apples-2027-iphone-prices-may-rise-again-memory-costs-climb\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s 2027 iPhone prices may rise again: memory costs climb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New supply-chain reporting has changed the outlook for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/apples-2027-iphone-outlook-dims-higher-prices-and-slower-upgrades\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple\u2019s 2027 iPhone pricing<\/a>. The big reason is memory: Samsung\u2019s costs are heading up, and that adds another layer of pressure to whatever Apple ends up charging for its 2027 iPhones.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to those supply-chain reports, Apple has accepted <strong>Q1 2027 pricing<\/strong> of $2.00 per Gb for DRAM and $0.33 per Gb for NAND. That\u2019s roughly 30% to 40% above current levels, with DRAM climbing from about $1.50. Put plainly, there\u2019s more upward pressure on 2027 iPhone prices, even for something like a possible iPhone 18e. And it comes right after this year\u2019s increases, when Apple Macs and Apple iPads went up by at least $100, at least one Apple device jumped by $1,300, Apple iPhones rose by $100 to $500, and the iPhone Duo landed at $1,999.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re planning an upgrade, keep an eye on this. <strong>Datacenter and server demand<\/strong> is pulling supply away from phones. Memory demand is expected to grow 36.2%, while supply growth is projected at 19.3%. Shortages could stretch through H1 2028. On top of that, memory\u2019s share of an Apple iPhone\u2019s bill of materials may rise from 10% to 45% by 2027, and the memory cost for a 256GB handset in Q3 2026 could be nearly four times higher than it was a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple is also negotiating long-term DRAM and NAND agreements, sometimes without <strong>price caps<\/strong>, the reports say. If Apple ends up paying these floor prices, <a href=\"https:\/\/android-sdk.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Android<\/a> rivals will probably face the same pricing, or worse. Smartphone prices are already up 15% this year, and sub-$200 phones are becoming less common. That pressure is likely to show up across Apple\u2019s 2027 lineup, and across competing Android phones too.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New supply-chain reporting has changed the outlook for Apple\u2019s 2027 iPhone pricing. The big reason is memory: Samsung\u2019s costs are heading up, and that adds another layer of pressure to whatever Apple ends up charging for its 2027 iPhones. According to those supply-chain reports, Apple has accepted Q1 2027 pricing of $2.00 per Gb for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/apples-2027-iphone-prices-may-rise-again-memory-costs-climb\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Apple\u2019s 2027 iPhone prices may rise again: memory costs climb&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9349,"featured_media":378171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-378172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378173,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378172\/revisions\/378173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378172"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=378172"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=378172"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=378172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}