Apple hikes Mac prices by up to Rs 70,000

Indian consumers will have to pay up to Rs 70,000 more for select Apple MacBook and iPad models after the company passed on a global surge in memory and storage chip costs driven by the AI data centre boom. The price increase, however, does not extend to the iPhone, which is assembled in India, while the affected MacBooks and iPads continue to be imported.

Apple has raised the price of the MacBook Air to Rs 1.49 lakh from Rs 1.29 lakh, while the MacBook Pro now starts at Rs 2.39 lakh against Rs 1.69 lakh earlier. The iPad Air (128 GB) now costs Rs 74,900, up from Rs 59,900.