Will there be a price hike?

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The iPhone 16 is on the horizon, and among consumers who are getting ready to make the purchase plunge, they have one question: “What’s the iPhone 16’s price?”

The good news is that, according to a forecast report from TrendForce, the iPhone 16 entry-model is expected to have the same starting price of $799. Same for the iPhone 16 Plus; it’s expected to match the iPhone 15 Plus.

However, when it comes to the upper-tier models, there may be a different story.

iPhone 16 price: How much will it cost?According to TrendForce, here are the prices for the iPhone 16 models:

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iPhone 16 (128GB) – $799

iPhone 16 (256GB) – $899

iPhone 16 (512GB) – $1,099

iPhone 16 Plus (128GB) – $899

iPhone 16 Plus (256GB) – $999

iPhone 16 Plus (512GB) – $1,199

iPhone 16 Pro (256GB) – $1,099

iPhone 16 Pro (512GB) – $1,299

iPhone 16 Pro (1TB) – $1,499

iPhone 16 Pro Max (256GB) – $1,199

iPhone 16 Pro Max (512GB) – $1,399

iPhone 16 Pro Max (1TB) – $1,599

As mentioned, it appears that the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will match their predecessors’ starting price. However, the iPhone 16 Pro is getting a price hike — kind of.

With the iPhone 16 Pro series, you can no longer snag a 128GB model for $999, according to TrendForce. Rumor has it that Apple is eliminating the 128GB variant for the iPhone 16 Pro, making the 256GB configuration the new base model. (Something similar happened with the iPhone 15 Pro Max last year.)

In other words, the cheapest iPhone 16 Pro you can get is a 256GB variant that will set you back $1,099.

The iPhone 16 Pro Max is expected to have the same starting price as its predecessor: $1,199.

Kimberly Gedeon, at Mashable since 2023, is a tech explorer who enjoys doing deep dives into the most popular gadgets, from the latest iPhones to the most immersive VR headsets. She’s drawn to strange, avant-garde, bizarre tech, whether it’s a 3D laptop, a gaming rig that can transform into a briefcase, or smart glasses that can capture video. Her journalism career kicked off about a decade ago at MadameNoire where she covered tech and business before landing as a tech editor at Laptop Mag in 2020.

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