{"id":989199,"date":"2026-08-08T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/989199\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:30:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:30:27","slug":"iphone-17-prices-could-rise-as-soon-as-monday-rumor-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/989199\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 17 Prices Could Rise as Soon as Monday, Rumor Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple could raise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-17\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 17<\/a> prices as soon as Monday, August 10, according to a new rumor, well before the wider round of increases expected with next month&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-18-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 18 Pro<\/a> launch.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iphone-17-models.jpg\"   alt=\"iphone 17 models\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1018052\"\/><br \/>Weibo leaker &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/fixed-focus-digital\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fixed Focus Digital<\/a>&#8221; said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/weibo.com\/5821279480\/RckGQciFi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">post yesterday<\/a> that rumors are circulating about an \u200ciPhone 17\u200c price change taking effect on August 10. The leaker was noncommittal about whether prices will actually move, though the post claimed with more certainty that Apple has called off plans to raise production capacity on some lines from 15% to 30%. It&#8217;s not clear from the post which components or products that capacity change refers to.<\/p>\n<p>Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/06\/25\/apple-just-increased-prices\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">raised prices<\/a> on Macs, iPads, and most other devices in June, citing soaring memory and storage costs, but left the iPhone, Apple Watch, AirPods, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/studio-display\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Studio Display<\/a>, and accessories untouched. Apple&#8217;s next round of pricing changes is widely rumored to center on the \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/08\/02\/iphone-18-pro-next-month-12-new-features\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expected to launch<\/a> the \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c, \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c Max, and its first foldable iPhone next month, with the standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-18\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 18<\/a> and iPhone 18e not arriving until spring 2027. The \u200ciPhone 17\u200c is set to remain Apple&#8217;s mainstream option well into next year, which could give Apple sufficient reason to adjust its pricing independently of the new lineup.<\/p>\n<p>If Apple does raise \u200ciPhone 17\u200c prices this Monday, it remains to be seen whether the increase would apply across the whole lineup, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-17e\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 17e<\/a> ($599), \u200ciPhone 17\u200c ($799), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-air\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone Air<\/a> ($999), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-17-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 17 Pro<\/a> ($1,099), and \u200ciPhone 17 Pro\u200c Max ($1,199), or whether only select models will be affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple could raise iPhone 17 prices as soon as Monday, August 10, according to a new rumor, well&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":485277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[213455,2557,7884,235838,158,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-989199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-fixed-focus-digital","tag-iphone-17","tag-iphone-17-pro","tag-iphone-17e","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117060609525476433","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}