Prices Rise for Apple Hardware in Japan

06 JULY 2022 - A correction (I guess) to a story I brought you last week. We had heard word that Apple had raised the price on iPhone in Japan. That part was correct. The part that was wrong was the part that said it was only the iPhone on which Apple had upped hardware costs. That may have been true at the time, though a piece from iDownloadBlog says prices for iPad and Apple Watch have also increased. In fact, as of the iDownloadBlog writing, the Mac seems to have been the only hardware category that hadn’t seen an increase, though the site wouldn’t be surprised to see that happen, soon.

As for why, the site cites a Nikkei Asia piece, saying:

The yen has weakened sharply since the spring. The decrease in the yen’s value was so significant that it began to sap Apple’s overseas earnings. Reacting to those changes, Apple has decided to pass on these costs to consumers and simply raised prices for its most popular products…

That’s Nikkei’s thinking, anyway. Apple seems to have said nothing about the increases, according to iDownloadBlog.