India, July 31 -- The iPhone 17 series could be in line for a price hike in the US, with prices potentially increasing by $50 per model, excluding the standard iPhone 17, according to analyst Edison Lee of Jefferies, in an investor note cited by MacRumors. This $50 price rise may apply to the iPhone 17 Slim, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max models, reportedly due to rising component costs and US-imposed tariffs on China.

For context, Apple has maintained the same pricing for its Pro models in the US for several years. The iPhone 16 Pro is priced at $999, as were the base models of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro, all the way back to the iPhone X in 2017. While Apple did increase the base storage of the iPhone 15 Pro Max to 256GB,...