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Looks like the US is now experiencing what we in Europe have for the past year or so. Apple prices raised through the roof, I still can't stomach an entry-level

Looks like the US is now experiencing what we in Europe have for the past year or so. Apple prices raised through the roof, I still can't stomach an entry-level macbook pro to cost 1600$ over here.

graftak 4y ago
In Europe the prices have also (once again) increased tremendously, where I’m at the entry level iPad went from €389 to a whopping €589 over night, that’s nearly a 50% increase.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  The Euro lost a lot of its value vs the USD and since we import all consumer tech products and they're all priced in USD, we get shafted. The ECB didn't raise rates as much as the US did to halt inflation so now we have this.
  - coldtea 4y ago
    >The Euro lost a lot of its value vs the USD Perhaps, but those are made in China, with Taiwanese and Korean parts thrown in, anyway. Did those raise compared to the Euro? Or it's just that Apple wants to get the same or more amounts of dollar coming in, and the change in Euro vs Dollar is a red herring?
- hrbf 4y ago
  I noticed this too and couldn’t believe it at first. It makes no sense at all. This renders the entry-level iPad essentially dead in the European market. It’s a pointless product for now, especially at 64 GB of storage.
- rcarr 4y ago
  I literally pulled the trigger and bought an M1 Macbook Pro last night because of this. I’d been holding out because they’re going to release the M2 MacBook Pros next month, but last night they put the iPad Air up by £100 and the iPad Mini up by £90 and they didn’t even have any new specs. Following the price increases for everything else the Pros are looking at around £300 to £500 on top of what they already are. And all the indications are that the only spec bump is going to be a minor processor increase. Amazon’s got £100 off the base spec atm so I took it. Got an iPad Air at the old price as well as Amazon hadn’t updated their pricing (and still hadn’t at the time of writing). Reminded me of this article I recently read about how Argentinians survive with near constant inflation https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/08/argentina-100-per-cent-inflation-photo-essay-irina-werning https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/08/argenti...

Looks like the US is now experiencing what we in Europe have for the past year or so. Apple prices raised through the roof, I still can't stomach an entry-level macbook pro to cost 1600$ over here.

graftak 4y ago

In Europe the prices have also (once again) increased tremendously, where I’m at the entry level iPad went from €389 to a whopping €589 over night, that’s nearly a 50% increase.

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
The Euro lost a lot of its value vs the USD and since we import all consumer tech products and they're all priced in USD, we get shafted. The ECB didn't raise rates as much as the US did to halt inflation so now we have this.
- coldtea 4y ago
  >The Euro lost a lot of its value vs the USD Perhaps, but those are made in China, with Taiwanese and Korean parts thrown in, anyway. Did those raise compared to the Euro? Or it's just that Apple wants to get the same or more amounts of dollar coming in, and the change in Euro vs Dollar is a red herring?
hrbf 4y ago
I noticed this too and couldn’t believe it at first. It makes no sense at all. This renders the entry-level iPad essentially dead in the European market. It’s a pointless product for now, especially at 64 GB of storage.
rcarr 4y ago
I literally pulled the trigger and bought an M1 Macbook Pro last night because of this. I’d been holding out because they’re going to release the M2 MacBook Pros next month, but last night they put the iPad Air up by £100 and the iPad Mini up by £90 and they didn’t even have any new specs. Following the price increases for everything else the Pros are looking at around £300 to £500 on top of what they already are. And all the indications are that the only spec bump is going to be a minor processor increase. Amazon’s got £100 off the base spec atm so I took it. Got an iPad Air at the old price as well as Amazon hadn’t updated their pricing (and still hadn’t at the time of writing). Reminded me of this article I recently read about how Argentinians survive with near constant inflation https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/08/argentina-100-per-cent-inflation-photo-essay-irina-werning https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/08/argenti...