iPhones 2027

I was listening to John Gruber/Chance Miller on The Talk Show talking about iPhone pricing come September. I promptly stopped listening to write this post comprised of unoriginal thinking. I still find it still helps me clarify my own plans.

As a recap, here are the iPhones 17 lineup pricing in USD from last September, effectively ancient history now:

Screenshot from an earlier post of mine. I don’t know that the numbers above will hold for their upcoming lineup in view of RAMageddon. Apple has already raised prices on its devices, including Macs, iPads, TV – the device, HomePods, and Vision Pro with the notable exception of iPhone, of course.

To this end, I created a table with separate columns for best-/worst-case scenario pricing. I hope I was overly-pessimistic, but time will tell. Needless to say, I’m just a fan of the products is all.

Come September, 3 new iPhones, namely the folding iPhone, and new and improved Pro and Air models. Last year’s non-Pro and e phones will be available, but the “vanilla” and “e” line won’t be available until January, and so a big change in what was once an annual schedule:

(This does makes for a temporary hole in the lineup between USD 700 and 1000 {optimist}, or USD 850 1150 {pessimist} until 2027.)

And in January (or March?), the lower-cost models will be out:

And here’s my full, imaginary, lineup, sorted by price. This retains the USD 500 to 1100 (optimist), or 550 to 1300 (pessimist):

Last but not least, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 16e may still be available for purchase, albeit via 3rd parties, and while stocks last.