Apple TV and HomePod Price Increase Explained: Should You Wait?

Apple TV and HomePod Price Increase Explained: Should You Wait? Apple raised prices across much of its product lineup today, with the steepest hikes hitting Macs and smaller increases landing on Apple TV and HomePod hardware, Ars Technica reported. Apple cited rising memory costs as the cause. The timing is awkward: both the next Apple TV 4K and a new HomePod mini have reportedly been sitting finished for months, held back not by manufacturing problems but by Apple waiting on a more capable version of Siri before it ships them. Confirmed per-unit dollar increases for the Apple TV and HomePod were not available in published reports at the time of writing. What is confirmed is that both products cost more today than they did yesterday, Ars Technica noted, and that buyers paying those higher prices are purchasing hardware already excluded from the platform Apple is building toward. Apple's memory-cost rationale fits some products better than others. A streaming box and a compact speaker