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Last updated: June 28, 2026, 8:30 AM ET

Apple Product & Pricing Updates

Apple has enacted significant price increases across a broad range of its products, with many items seeing hikes of 10-20 percent and some as high as 50 percent rocked the community. This comes as the company has also petitioned the U.S. administration to allow it to purchase Mac RAM chips from a Chinese supplier currently blacklisted in the U.S., a move intended to alleviate price pressures stemming from supply chain constraints wants to buy.

New Product & Software Features

Apple has reintroduced the Mag Safe battery pack, priced at $99, specifically optimized for the new iPhone Air. While noted for its slim profile, the battery's capacity is considered weak, prompting comparisons to Qi2 alternatives battery banks. Separately, the app Mirage has launched, enabling users to mirror their Mac displays onto iPhones, iPads, Vision Pro, and other Macs Mac display. Meanwhile, iPad OS 27 is set to drop support for five specific iPad models, a decision that has drawn criticism from owners leaving behind.

Apple Ecosystem & Services

In a move that could impact media collectors, the lifetime Plex Pass will increase from $249.99 to $749.99 on July 1st, making current iPhone users who stream their collections to their devices advised to purchase the pass before the steep price hike lifetime Plex Plan. On the security front, signals from Air Pods have been instrumental in resolving two separate incidents: one involving a woman arrested for refusing to leave an Apple Store, and another where a Bangladeshi presenter's iPhone was stolen Signals from Air Pods.