A few weeks in the past, it was reported that Apple’s chipset producer, TSMC, was planning on elevating its worth by as a lot as 20%. This led to considerations and hypothesis that this worth enhance would then be handed all the way down to shoppers, resulting in a dearer iPhone. However, there may be some excellent news on that entrance.

If the rumors are true, a report from ITHome has revealed that TSMC appears to have made an exception for Apple the place as a substitute of charging them 20%, they are going to apparently be rising their worth by simply 3%. This signifies that whereas future iPhones will likely be dearer, it received’t be the 20% worth soar that many have feared.

Given how a lot enterprise Apple provides TSMC, we will’t say we’re too stunned, however on the identical time, we think about that TSMC’s different clients like Qualcomm and NVIDIA will likely be too happy. It is feasible that TSMC may need made offers with different greater clients to not cost them the total 20%, however since these offers are often confidential, we received’t know for positive.

Apple’s iPhones are already not low cost by any means, so although 3% shouldn’t be the total 20%, it’ll nonetheless imply a pricier iPhone. Exactly how far more costly stays to be seen, however Apple is anticipated to announce the handset this month, so we should always have extra particulars quickly.

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