{"id":238313,"date":"2026-05-02T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/apple-plans-aggressive-pricing-for-iphone-18-pro-line-report\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T15:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:35:10","slug":"apple-plans-aggressive-pricing-for-iphone-18-pro-line-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/02\/apple-plans-aggressive-pricing-for-iphone-18-pro-line-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple plans &#8216;aggressive pricing&#8217; for iPhone 18 Pro line: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jang.com.pk\/en\/64922-apple-plans-aggressive-pricing-for-iphone-18-pro-line-report-news\">Apple plans &#8216;aggressive pricing&#8217; for iPhone 18 Pro line: Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jang.com.pk\/en\/64922-apple-plans-aggressive-pricing-for-iphone-18-pro-line-report-news\">https:\/\/jang.com.pk\/en\/64922-apple-plans-aggressive-pricing-for-iphone-18-pro-line-report-news<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-02 12:50:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"jang.com.pk\">jang.com.pk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple plans &#8216;aggressive pricing&#8217; for iPhone 18 Pro line: Report<\/p>\n<p>Apple is likely to adopt an \u201caggressive pricing strategy\u201d for its forthcoming iPhone 18 Pro series despite soaring component costs. <\/p>\n<p>While a global memory chip shortage has raised prices, analysts suggested the Cupertino-based may keep base model prices the same, as a strategic move to drive greater sales.<\/p>\n<p>As per a credible analyst Jeff Pu, the standard iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max could start at $1,099 and $1,199, respectively, which is similar to the previous generation.<\/p>\n<p>The latest report aligns with previous rumours from Ming-Chi Kuo, suggesting Apple aims to stabilize pricing despite market pressures.<\/p>\n<p>To offset significantly increasing prices, the Cupertini-based tech giant may surge prices for increased storage versions.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggested the company may launch the latest 2TB storage option for the Pro Max model, potentially using Quad-Level Cell (QLC) flash storage, allowing increasing capacity at reduced pricing.<\/p>\n<p>The strategy reflects Apple\u2019s focus on sustaining demand following historic iPhone sales in the March quarter. <\/p>\n<p>Alongside the Pro models, Apple is expected to release its highly-anticipated first foldable iPhone by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Apple\u2019s  standard iPhone 18 and iPhone 18 Air models are likely to launch in spring 2027.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jang.com.pk\/en\/64922-apple-plans-aggressive-pricing-for-iphone-18-pro-line-report-news\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple plans &#8216;aggressive pricing&#8217; for iPhone 18 Pro line: Report https:\/\/jang.com.pk\/en\/64922-apple-plans-aggressive-pricing-for-iphone-18-pro-line-report-news Publish Date: 2026-05-02 12:50:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238314,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/jang.com.pk\/assets\/uploads\/english_news\/2026-05-02\/64922_094608_eng.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[81],"class_list":["post-238313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-iphone-18"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238315,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238313\/revisions\/238315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}