Apple is preparing to raise prices on iPhone, Mac, and iPad due to chip shortages and rising component costs

Wall Street Journal ran an interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook. In it he said the company plans to raise product prices — as he put it, "is doing everything possible to mitigate cost increases, but the situation has become unstable."

Cook pointed to a squeeze on memory and storage (e.g., DRAM and NAND) driven by rising demand from firms building AI systems. He offered no firm timeline or percentages for the increases — only that the pressure is real and ongoing.

WSJ’s take: the first hits will likely be new iPhone models (traditionally announced in September 2026). Macs and iPads, the paper adds, could see price moves even sooner.