I’ve been gazing into my crystal ball ahead of the iPhone 16 launch
One of the trends with flagship smartphones in recent years is that they’ve a tendency to jump up in price by a hundred or so dollars or pounds when a new generation gets released.
Whether you see this as cynical profiteering by big brands or just a reflection of increasing costs of raw materials and production, it can sting to see a phone you may have been eagerly waiting for come in at a higher price than you expected; we saw this with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6.
And one can’t help but speculate as to whether or not the iPhone 16 family will see a price hike, as after the Google Pixel 9 launch, this year’s new iPhones are next up.
Going by the rumors so far, we expect the iPhone 16 price across the whole rumored range to mostly follow the cadence of the iPhone 15 family, the prices of which you can see below.
These expectations are based on my having written about Apple devices for years, and having gained a feel for pricing trends when it comes to iPhones in particular.
