Perhaps the reason iPhones are priced so high in Europe this year has been discovered. As you know, one of the most unpleasant features of the iPhone 14 is its rather high price in Europe, in particular. Tell that to the Turks. Anyway, how Apple hasn’t spoken to give an explanation for these new prices, we have to speculate. It may be, and it may only be, that one of the reasons is that the new chip in these phones, the A-16, cost the company more than twice as much as last year.
According to new reports that have just come to light, the A-16 Bionic chip that powers the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, It costs 2.4 times more than its previous version, the A-15 of the iPhone 13. Exactly this new chip costs Apple the sum of 110 dollars, which in exchange amounts to approximately 112. Why not dare to say that this is one of the factors that led Apple to increase prices in Europe? It’s not the only reason, but it surely influenced something.
The reason for the price increase of these new chips, This is mainly because it is made based on TSMC’s 4nm process, while the A15 is a 5nm chip. By this rule of thumb, we have to infer that while each new iPhone will have even smaller but more powerful brains, expect the price to get more expensive. The A17 chip in the iPhone 15 Pro models will be based on TSMC’s 3nm process. But we already know that the largest manufacturer, TSMC, will start volume production of 2nm chips in 2025.
What does this translate to? Well, according to this report, iPhone 14 production costs increased by 20% compared to the previous model. It is therefore logical to think that the iPhone 15 will surely be worth 2,000 dollars.
