Cheaper MacBooks and Pricier iPhones? (Repost) MOSK: 08.14.2025

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Ken Ray

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🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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- Rumor: iPhone 17 Could Cost More (But Come with More Storage) - Considering $599 MacBook Possibilities - Report: Apple Testing Support for ByteDance-Owned Douyin Pay in China - Netflix v3.0 Finally Makes it to Apple TV - Early Reviews Give “Highest 2 Lowest” 92% on Rotten Tomatoes - Checking in on the Saint Paul cyberattack plus an upcoming tweak to the iPhone and iPad Wi-Fi picker on Checklist No. 435 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Send Ken an email: [email protected] - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	Talk of more expensive iPhones, less expensive MacBooks, and a new way to pay for Apple services in China.
0:17.0	It is Thursday, the 14th of August 2025.
0:20.7	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:26.4	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by people like you.
0:31.5	Patrons through Patreon.
0:34.5	Find out more and than your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.
0:43.1	Two of the biggest stories going right now have to do with rumor and speculation around
0:47.7	prices for Apple hardware. Like an elevator, they're going both up and coming down,
0:54.9	depending on what device we're talking about
0:57.1	and whether the rumor and speculation pan out.
1:01.3	We'll start with a piece for my download blog
1:03.4	that has the cost to get into an iPhone 17 Pro
1:06.2	going up by $50 versus a corresponding phone from the 16 line.
1:12.1	That would bring the pro phone starting price from $999 to $1,049,
1:17.8	though it would come with a spoonful of sugar.
1:21.4	Supposition in the I download blog piece has Apple doubling the starting storage in the new unit
1:26.7	from 128 gigabytes to 256 as a way
1:31.1	to justify or mask the hike in price. If that sounds familiar, it should. In 2022, the piece
1:40.5	reminds readers, Apple increased the entry level price of the iPhone 14 Pro Max to $1,099,
1:48.0	and with the iPhone 15 Pro Max in 2023, the company removed the lower storage tier while
1:55.0	simultaneously pushing up the price to $1,199. Apple's marketing boss, Greg Josswick, framed the move as matching last year's price
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