Even non-techies tune in to watch Apple set trends and watch important new announcements like the one we had this week. As of this Friday, the iPhone 14 series is formally announced and available for pre-order. The first lucky users will have one in their hands next week.
We have extensive coverage of the event and relevant news that cropped up around it (some of which revealed things Apple didn’t). Here we wanted to share some thoughts about the new models now that the dust has settled down.
Subtle and not-so-subtle price rises
Apple has subtly increased the price of iPhones a few times and it did it again this year. In 2021 the cheapest (non-SE) iPhone was the mini, which started at $700, now thecheapest member of the premium lineup is the iPhone 14 at $800.
Yes, the iPhone 13 was also $800 and Apple is pointing at that, hoping that you won’t notice that the price of admission rose higher as the mini went away. We have extensive pricing info for the new models, if you want to have a look. The small itself was a part of a slight price increase; in 2019, the base iPhone 11 cost $700, and in 2020, the base iPhone 12 cost the same amount. The 6.1" iPhone 12, which was the real successor to the basic iPhone 11, cost $800, but that was the recently released mini.
Another lie was told at the event on Wednesday when Apple displayed the US prices for the iPhone 14 models, implying that they were the same as the 13.series. And it is, though there is a “but” coming. The new models cost the same as the old ones in several countries (including the US, Canada and China), but have considerably gone up in Europe, parts of Asia and other regions.
