Apple has implemented significant price increases across Macs, iPads, HomePod, Apple TV, and Vision Pro as soaring memory chip and storage costs drive up hardware prices worldwide.
Apple has reportedly pushed back production of a larger 12.9-inch iPad to 2015, but has plans to being production of a 12-inch Retina MacBook in December
Bloomberg is corroborating reports that Apple will be releasing a 4.7-inch iPhone and a 5.5-inch iPhone and that the two models could launch at the same time
Analyst Matt Margolis has learned that all 5.5-inch iPhone 6 models will get sapphire cover screens but only some 4.7-inch iPhone 6 models will come with sapphire.
Purported cases for the 4-7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 have appeared in Sprint's inventory system, letting authorized place orders for the accessories before the device's anticipated launch date.
Mass production of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 is already underway, according to Taiwan's United Daily News. Production of the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 and new iPads will reportedly begin in September.
Cowen & Co. analyst Timothy Arcuri predicts that Apple will equip the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 with a more powerful processor than the 4.7-inch iPhone 6, citing Asian supply chain sources.
Apple will reportedly ship a Retina display model of its 27-inch iMac before the end of this year; however, a new 21-inch model won't be released until next year.