The next iPhone from Apple will cost £150 extra in the United Kingdom due to inflation and the declining value of the pound.
The price of the iPhone 14 pro, which will be available for the first time in the United Kingdom tomorrow, will increase to £1,099.
This is £150 more than the iPhone 13 Pro’s debut price of £949 last year.
In the United States, costs remain unchanged, with the new phone costing £867 excluding VAT.
The iPhone 14, which is the less powerful variant of the iPhone 14 pro, increased by £70 in the United Kingdom.
The new iPhone 14 pro will cost £1,099 in the United Kingdom, an increase of £150 from last year’s iPhone 13 pro launch price.
Apple disclosed that the new iPhone will enable users to send text messages via a ‘Satellite Emergency SOS’ when there is no service.
This comes after the dollar rose to a 37-year high against the pound, with the pound falling to its lowest level versus the dollar since 1985, $1,1403, during afternoon trading.
Inflation reached 10 percent in July, the highest level in forty years, and might reach 22 percent next year if gas costs do not fall, further squeezing the earnings of already-hard-hit people.
Since May 2021, Sterling also saw its worst month against the euro in more than a year. At 2:00 p.m. today, the British pound has risen 0.2% against the euro to €1.1577.
Ben Woods, an analyst at CCS Insight, told The Telegraph, “While iPhone pricing in the United States remains unchanged, Apple has been forced to raise prices in local currency in areas such as the United Kingdom due to the strength of the U.S. dollar.”
Apple disclosed that the new iPhone will enable users to send text messages via a ‘Satellite Emergency SOS’ when there is no service.
Other enhancements include the ability to detect a car accident and the addition of new capabilities to their range of watches for elite athletes.
However, this year’s introduction of new technology has generated less excitement than in past years, with Eve Jobs, Steve Job’s daughter, ridiculing the new iPhone 14.
Eve Jobs, Steve Jobs’s youngest daughter, shared a meme on Instagram ridiculing the current iPhone release.
Eve Jobs is depicted using her iPhone 13 to take a restroom mirror selfie.
Following the launch of the new phone, the late Apple founder’s youngest daughter tweeted a meme on social media.
The Stanford graduate posted on her Instagram story, beside a photo of a middle-aged man purchasing the same shirt he was wearing, “Upgrading from iPhone13 to iPhone14 after Apple’s announcement today.”
Another reader commented, “Apple re-released the identical phone with only minor improvements?”
Another remarked, “It is not the same since it continues to cost you more money.”