How the new iPhone 16 may make you cringe your teeth

Inflation does not affect the portfolio of consumers like you and me. Indeed,TSMC has also just announced that its customers will soon pay 10 % more to afford its processors. However, if you ignore it, know that it is this subcontractor who takes care, for Apple, to design the chips of her ... iPhone. Not that, moreover, since the Macs, the iPads, the Apple Watch or the Airpods Pro and the Apple Vision Pro are also powered by the motherboards of the Taiwanese founder. This one is positioning itself today as the world leader in microprocessors on board our mobiles, in a position in a position before Qualcomm in terms of capitalization on the Wall Street stock exchange.

As you may have guessed, the price increase in one of the key components of the iPhone is also likely to see the laptop rate increase among end customers. Especially when you know that the processor is today the second most expensive part of the mobiles under iOS, after the screen. The observation of this distribution of costs being the same amongMac, THEiPador Apple Vision helmets. For the latter, however, the future model in preparation would on the contrary be more affordable than its predecessor. On the other hand, it is not for the best of the reasons, since the chip would be less powerful. The screen may also not be entitled to a definition as qualitative as that of the pro vision (4K).

What consequences for the price of iPhone?

If this price increase of 10 % is reflected directly on the portfolio of end users, then the iPhone could be between 90 and 200 euros more expensive approximately (depending on the model).An iPhone 15 costs for example around 970 euros, new, today. But with the change announced by TSMC, his successor could well be sold for more than 1,065 euros. In any case, this will not be the first time that Apple has increased the price with the arrival of a new generation, since this was also the case when releaseing the iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Pro at the end of 2022.

For those whose budget would be tighter, it will always be possible to opt for rental or payment in several times. This last option, present on the official French Apple Store website for a few months, was however recently withdrawn. But some third -party stores act as an alternative with their leasing catalog, such as grover or baker.

If the prices are unknown, this is not the case with the Technical sheet of the iPhone 16

Prices and characteristics ofiPhone 16And iPhone 16 Pro will probably not be officially revealed with the September Keynote potential that their manufacturer could organize. But if the prices are still quite vague today, this is not the case with the technical sheet. Many leaks are already trying to know more about it. It is assumed, for example, that the iPhone 16 Pro will be larger than the previous models, going from a diagonal of 6.1 inches to 6.3 inches. A notable enlargement would also be expected on the side ofiPhone 16 Pro Max, expected with a 6.9 inch display at the front against 6.7 inches for the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

The back camera could also change, with an X 5 optical zoom expected on iPhone 16 pro as on iPhone 15 pro max. Today, the iPhone 15 Pro are not entitled to it, contenting themselves with an X 3 optical zoom. The associated telephoto lens being already considered by many as rather good.

• TSMC has decided to increase the price of its processors by 10 %
• He is the manufacturer of processors for iPhone and for Apple Vision Pro
• We assume, therefore, that the price of iPhone could also increase by at least 10 %, from next year