iPhone 14 Pro $100 price hike now looks ‘likely’

Either way, it looks like the iPhone 14 Pro is going to go up by $100 — and it’s almost a certainty now, given the lack of contradictory price rumors. That could be a bitter pill for phone shoppers to swallow, even before you factor in inflation’s effect on prices.

While the iPhone 14 is tipped to start at the same $799 price as the iPhone 13, you still might see a higher starting price on Apple’s non-Pro models. That’s because the Phone 13 mini, which starts at $699, is likely to give way to the iPhone 14 Max, and most people expect that larger model to start at $100 more than the standard iPhone.

Despite the higher costs on some models, early reports indicate that Apple seems bullish about its iPhone demand this year. It’s reportedly ordered 90 million iPhone 14 units for the launch.

Apple may be able to justify the $100 boost to iPhone 14 Pro prices with all the upgrades rumored for those two models. The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are likely to get a new faster A16 chipset — the standard iPhone 14 supposedly will run on the A15 — along with pill-and-punch-hole cutouts for Face ID and the selfie camera. Other rumored iPhone 14 Pro features include a 48MP main camera with support for 8K video recording and an always-on display function.

While consumers may need to budget for a more expensive iPhone 14 Pro, hopefully that means enough new features to make the price hike more palatable. We could find out soon, as a new report claims that the iPhone 14 event will take place on September 7.