Apple has succumbed to the inevitable by hiking the prices of most of its products in one fell sweep, leading to aberrant pricing outcomes, such as the one pertaining to the M3 Ultra chip-equipped Mac Studio (16TB) and its sole 96GB unified memory variant, which now sells for over $14,000.
Apple's highest-end, 96GB unified memory variant of the M3 Ultra chip-equipped Mac Studio now retails for 14,299
Apple laid the groundwork for these sweeping price hikes a few days back, when Tim Cook had declared that memory prices had become "unsustainable," and that "unavoidable" price hikes were coming.
As we reported recently, after undergoing a 3x increase since Q1 2025, LPDDR5X 12GB contract prices were hovering at around $120 towards the tail-end of Q1 and into Q2 2026, and have increased by $68.8 since the start of the year to hit $145 per unit recently.
This brings us to the core of today's topic. Apple has just announced sweeping price increases for almost the entire range of its products.
This situation, however, is now leading to comical outcomes. For instance, the highest-end variant (16TB SSD) of the Apple M3 Ultra Mac Studio now retails for $14,299.
In what's patently absurd, this particular Mac Studio has just 96GB of unified memory onboard, which means you'd be paying ~$149 for each GB of unified memory!
Do note that there were increasing signs of stress on Apple's product lineup in recent weeks. Back in May, Apple pulled the base variant of the Apple Mac mini, which sported the M4 chip, 16GB RAM, 256GB of storage, and a retail price of $599, from its configurator in the US and other key global markets.
Then, Apple pulled the 256GB option from the M3 Ultra Mac Studio configurator, leaving the 96GB memory configuration as the sole option.
After today's price hike, the MacBook Neo now starts at $699, while the base Mac Studio now starts retailing for $2,500, constituting a $500 price increase.
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