Will Apple bring price increases?

Apple has done very well in entering the market for portable media players, where they are accumulating success for the time being. Nothing proves their decisive role better than the fact that the reputation of a new product is immediately reflected in the prices…

With more portable Apple portable players on the horizon, in preparation for the onslaught, the price of NAND flash memories used in these types of devices immediately began to rise. The price of 8 Gbit chips has risen an average of 2,8 percent to over US $ 52, which is quite a lot as a manufacturer-level price for a chip that can store 1GB of data. The price of 4 Gbit solutions rose 2,54 percent, all in a single day.

It already is iPod nano its entry into the market was also strongly felt in the service of flash memories, i.e. the sudden increase in demand immediately led to a shortage. To avoid or take advantage of this, companies have now raised their prices in time, so they can reap significant extra benefits.

Apple, by the way, is affiliated with the world's largest memory maker, Samsung Electronics, with news that the iPod nano alone is occupying a very significant portion of the manufacturer's capacity. Thus, the price of 4 Gbits chips immediately started to rise, as only Hynix and Toshiba could supply them. It is said that this is precisely why it is expected that in the future more companies will want to build more into their products from smaller capacity, specifically more expensive modules.

The iPod nano