{
  "id": 6473794,
  "title": "Good news: Apple almost totally dodged inflation on the new iPhones, AirPods and Watches — bad news: the price of all other iPhones just got jacked up",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/good-news-apple-almost-totally-dodged-inflation-on-the-new-iphones",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-09T20:31:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/good-news-apple-almost-totally-dodged-inflation-on-the-new-iphones-airpods-and-watches-bad-news-the-price-of-all-other-iphones-just-got-jacked-up"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On the bright side, new iPhones, AirPods, and Watches from Apple have mostly dodged inflationary price hikes. However, this good news is overshadowed by the fact that older iPhone models have seen significant price increases. The iPhone 17 is now priced at $899 (compared to $799 previously), the iPhone Air at $1,099 (up from $999), the iPhone 17e at $699 (down from $599), and the iPhone 16 at $799 (reduced from $699). Despite these increases, the price of these older models is still less than their new counterparts.",
  "summary": "'I can't believe it wasn't worse,' I thought — then it got worse.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}