Apple price hikes hit India even harder than other regions
Apple price hikes hit India even harder than other regions
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Publish Date: 2026-06-26 03:11:00
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Apple today announced its global price hikes, primarily targeting the Mac lineup but also including the iPad, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, and HomePods. However, while the hikes may be global, they certainly aren’t being raised globally in an equal fashion, with certain markets like India being hit way harder than others, like the US.
There are three main factors to consider here. First, the prices have been hiked across the board. Second, the prices for memory and storage upgrades have also been hiked. And third, Apple India has changed the currency conversion rate that it has had so far, so the India hikes are no longer proportional to the US hikes and would also affect all future pricing.
Starting with the prices, here is a quick look at what the starting prices are now for all the Mac models.
| Model | Current price (INR) | Previous price (INR) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacBook Neo (8/256GB) | 79,900 | 69,900 | 14.3% |
| MacBook Air 13 (16/512GB) | 149,900 | 119,900 | 25% |
| MacBook Pro 14 (16/1TB) | 239,900 | 189,900 | 26.3% |
| iMac (16/256GB) | 174,900 | 134,900 | 29.7% |
| Mac mini (16/256GB) | 94,900 | 59,900 | 58.4% |
| Mac Studio (36/512GB) | 279,900 | 214,900 | 30.3% |
As you can see, the price deltas from the old to the revised ones are considerably higher than they are in the US; while US saw an increase mostly in the high teens, and on occasion, in the twenties, almost all the hikes here are in the twenties, many in the thirties, and some even higher. Also, these prices are just for the base model and configuration. The percentage delta gets even higher once you start manually configuring with higher memory and storage options.
It’s important to note the price of the 256GB M4 Mac mini. That model was discontinued last month, and the 512GB model became the starting price. With the price hikes, the 256GB model is now…
