The latest iPhone 13 were announced this week and they are the first in the history of the apple brand to offer 1TB of memory.A novelty that has a cost since the most high -end model, the iPhone 13 Pro Max 1TO still reaches € 1839.On the occasion of this iPhone 13 outing, back on the evolution of the price of iPhone over time.

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IPhone price: a constant increase since 2007

The latest Apple born, the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max were revealed during the Keynote on Tuesday, September 14.This outing is the occasion for a new price record for an iPhone with iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max models of 1TO.

The iPhone 13 Pro 1TO is offered at a price of € 1739 while the iPhone 13 Pro Max 1TO reaches the record price of € 1839.A logical evolution finally for smartphones which, from the iPhone X, systematically reach 4 -digit lines for the most complete models.It is however true that now it is the most high -end models, with the most memory, which always culminate at the most prohibitive prices.

The 2018 iPhone XS series was nevertheless the peak of Apple smartphones prices since the first price for the iPhone XS 64GB was then 1159 €.The iPhone XS Max 512GB model had also caused a lot of ink to flow by displaying a price of 1659 €.

This acme of Apple prohibitive prices then leaves room for a return to ""affordable"" prices for entry -level models with the iPhone XR also released in 2018 and sold from € 859 for the model in France.Since that date, Apple has reviewed its strategy and now offers iPhone every year that do not exceed the € 900 mark.

The recent Mini series started with the iPhone 12 Mini 64GB was sold at € 809 as is the iPhone 13 Mini 128GB which was also 809 €.Since 2020, Apple even offers the iPhone SE 64GB from € 489.

When the price of an iPhone exceeds the minimum wage in 2018

It was in 2018 that Le Figaro published an infographic taking up in detail the evolution of the price of iPhone since the first model released in 2017.An unequivocal title ""Apple: in ten years, the price of the iPhone has doubled"" insisted on the exponential increase in iPhone price.

A first iPhone launched at a price of € 399 in France, the opportunity for the daily life to come back to the forgotten difficult beginnings of these first models of smartphone: ""which remembers in 2007, year of the launch of the first iPhone, Steve Jobshad announced a price drop of $ 200.Launched at 399 dollars (around 399 euros), the first smartphone sold badly and accumulated technical bugs.""

For this release week of the four new iPhones, we have taken over the prices of the different iPhones since their release indicating the monthly minimum wage for comparison:

Source: Le Figaro, Apple, Selectra

Until 2017, the price for the iPhone 8 plus 256GB to € 1,089 was still € 400 compared to the gross monthly minimum wage.From 2018, the famous iPhone XS Max 512GB at 1659 € cheerfully exceeds the monthly minimum wage at 1498.47 € with 160 € difference.

Since that date, the monthly minimum wage has never taken over the most upscale iPhone.The latest iPhone 13 Pro Max 1TO at 1839 now exceeds the minimum wage of almost € 300!If we compare compared to 2007 and the maximum price of € 599 of the first iPhone, the minimum wage of the time was equivalent to two iPhone.

The increase in iPhone prices between 2007 and 2021 is 102.76%, which still corresponds to a little more than double price in 14 years.Apple, the chanel of smartphones?The high -end iPhone has experienced a price increase of 207.01% since 2017, the price of the price (from € 599 for the iPhone 3 16GB to € 1839 for the iPhone 13 Pro Max).

How to buy an iPhone without breaking the bank?For a new iPhone, the iPhone SE 64GB is a good option from € 489 or otherwise the refurbished iPhones are generally even more affordable depending on the models.

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