There is a very bad news for Apple customers in India. Apple has hiked the prices of its MacBooks and iPads in India. The price of some models in the market has gone up to 50 lakh rupees. The chief executive officer of the company, Tim Cook, recently said that the increase in the price of the product is inevitable due to the abnormal increase in the price of memory cards or modules in the global market. The new prices are already available on Apple’s Indian website. This price increase is the MacBook AirAffects MacBook Pro and recently released budget laptops
As per the new pricing, the 13-inch MacBook Air with the M5 chip costs19,900 to Rs 1,49,900, an increase of Rs 30,0 Similarly, the price of the 15-inch MacBook Air has gone up to Rs 1,79,900 from Rs 1,44,900 even as the low-cost MacBook Neo laptop for students and new buyers has gone up by Rs 000. The budget laptop, which was earlier priced at Rs 69,900, is now priced at Rs 79.9
MacBook Q‘ The price hike is seen to be the biggest in the lineup. The base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M5 chip and 16GB RAM was earlier priced at Rs 1,69,900, but now buyers will have to pay Rs 2,39,900 for it. That is, the price of this model has directly increased by Rs. 70,000. 14-inch MacBook Pro with the most powerful M5 Max chip costs up to Rs. 100.0
It’s not just a laptopApple’s iPads are also quite expensive now. The price of the 11-inch iPad Air with M4 processor has gone up by Rs 25,000. The tablet, which was earlier priced at Rs 64,900, is now priced at Rs 89,9 Similarly, the iPad Pro with M5 chip and 256 GB storage has been reduced from Rs 99,990 to Rs 1,39,900, which means it has increased by around Rs 39,9idx. Apple has increased the prices of its products in India as well as in the US. In the US, the price of the iPad Air has gone from $599 to $749.
Apple said it has never seen the price of a component increase so much in such a short period of time. So far consumers have been freed from this burden but now the prices have to be increased. Prabhu Ram, vice president of CyberMedia Research, said even companies with strong supply chains like Apple will have to raise prices.indicating that the production costs of the components are now over-inflated in the market. This will have a profound impact on the purchasing power of students and professionals looking to replace their old Macs