- A leak says that the iPhone 17 Pro will see a price increase of $ 50
- Which could be accompanied by an increase in storage to 256 GB
- The iPhone 17 Pro is a few weeks before the launch
Apple iPhones are not known to be cheap, and you will certainly pay a bonus if you want to buy one. Unfortunately, there are clues that we could see an increase in prices when the iPhone 17 Pro will be launched in a month, but it could be delivered with an upgrade that softens a little.
The idea of the price increase was recently discussed by Leaker Instant Digital on the Chinese social media site Weibo. There, Instant Digital declared with certainty that the iPhone 17 Pro would be $ 50 more expensive than the current iPhone 16 pro, pushing its price to $ 1,049.
It is not yet clear if this price increase will be global or only in the United States. The source has not mentioned whether the price of the entry -level iPhone 17 would also move north, but it is an idea that was reported separately by the Wall Street Journal.
If it is correct, it is a disappointing development, but not exactly unexpected. The commercial prices of American president Donald Trump increased operating costs for almost all the companies affected by them and, in many cases, which are passed on to the consumer. Combined up the costs of components, the $ 50 increase does not completely come out of blue.
However, instant digital approached the subject of the question of whether the iPhone 17 Pro could upgrade its basic storage from 128 GB to 256 GB, although they said they were not sure whether the storage bump would really materialize. If this happens, it could be wise for Apple to justify the price increase of $ 50 and make it feel a little more pleasant to taste.
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The best iPhones offer advanced features, but an area where they have lagged behind their rivals is internal storage. The iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Plus and the iPhone 16 Pro all start with 128 GB of storage, while many rival phones offer more in their basic offers. The iPhone 16 Pro Max starts with 256 GB of storage, but it is also the most expensive phone in the Apple range.
If the iphone 17 pro of $ 1,049 is also delivered with 256 GB of storage as standard, it could actually be considered as offering a price drop of $ 50 compared to the iPhone 16 GB of 256 GB, which currently costs $ 1,099. That said, users may not be satisfied to have to pay additional $ 50 in addition to the starting price of the iPhone, especially if they do not feel that they will use this additional storage.
I am not too worried about buying an iPhone from 128 GB – I did it when I bought my iPhone 16 Pro – because I was never about to run out of space, in part because I use 200 GB of Apple iCloud storage to host the photos of my iPhone.
It costs me $ 2.99 per month, and I should keep my iPhone for 34 months before my phone and iCloud subscription become expensive than the purchase of an iPhone of 256 GB at the front – and it always gives me more total space than a 256 GB phone. When these 34 months are in progress, I may have decided to go to a more recent iPhone, which makes a combination of iphone and iCloud A good deal in my eyes.
But it’s not for everyone, and many users will prefer a more spacious iPhone to process a 128 GB phone and iCloud subscription. For these people, the iPhone 17 Pro could bring good news, if the largest basic storage prediction is correct. We will know with certainty when Apple reveals its new devices in the world in September.
