Apple may raise the price of the iPhone 18 Pro smartphone models by as much as $300 (about £223) according to a sobering message from a prominent analyst. According to GF Securities researcher Jeff Pu, the iPhone 18 Pro range faces much higher build costs due to increased cost of producing the new 2 nanometer Apple 20 Pro chips and DRAM/NAND components. The current iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,099 so we may be looking at a $1,399 starting price for Apple’s Pro smartphone range this year if Pu’s prediction comes to pass. In a quote on X, Pu said (via Neowin): “iPhone 18 Pro demand risk: Higher 2nm silicon and DRAM/NAND costs could drive a $250–300 price hike for iPhone 18 Pro/PM, creating demand uncertainty despite resilient iPhone 17 builds.” As Counterpoint Research suggests, the bill of goods for the next-generation iPhone Pro Max 1TB could be $300 more expensive, which would almost guarantee some price increases being passed onto consumers.