APPLE’s next iPhone could be the company’s most expensive phone yet.
Rumors of a major design change and improved interior components could make this device quite costly.
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The iPhone 14 is expected to bring the most noticeable transformations to the device since the removal of the home button in 2017.
The most advanced devices in the upcoming line, the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, will likely remove the notch from the top of the screen and replace it with a subtle punch-and-pill design.
While the larger screen might justify a slight price increase, it’s the upgraded hardware that has insiders anticipating a $100 to $200 spike in cost – bringing the price of the unit to $1499 for the most advanced model.
An unexpected price raise in selfie-camera manufacturing could be affect the cost for the phone’s expected September 2022 release.
Apple executives have allegedly spurned a Chinese manufacturer of front-facing cameras in favor of a South Korean producer.
The Korean division of IT News reported that the iPhone 14 front-facing camera parts cost triple what previous models cost.
Advanced features like autofocus are supposedly driving the price of front-facing cameras up.
Surely the rise in production costs for the front-facing camera will be reflected in the price tag of the whole device.
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Other exterior design changes could be on the docket for the iPhone 14.
A European Union resolution to reduce e-waste could force Apple to do away with their custom Lightning port charger in favor of a USB-C – though experts at PhoneArena don’t think the new regulations will be applied to the iPhone 14.
Speculation says the rear-facing camera will be flush against the iPhone 14’s back plate – but leaked photos of iPhone 14 molds say otherwise.
Insiders also expect the iPhone 14 line will be without the iPhone Mini as Apple steers consumers who don’t need extra computing power toward the iPhone SE.
Apple, the second-largest company in the world, is not impervious to external economic factors that hurt the company’s bottom line.
The war in Ukraine, inflation and COVID-19 shutdowns stinging the supply chain could force the company to raise the price of the device to compensate for lost revenue.
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