I mean, historically, absolutely, everyone knows that. But do you know for a fact that, now, in 2026 they’re still getting first pick at normal “sweetest deals”? I would assume maybe better than some, or at least still getting supplied at all. But I thought I recently (in the last 2-3 months’ish) heard something about them also getting fucked: by the big AI datacenter players; Apple, to my knowledge, is not, at least not on that scale.
If you have insider/industry experience, though, that’s that… I no longer am close friends with people at Apple, and to dispute confident, current inside knowledge becomes a different discussion for a different place with different people.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Industry experience.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
I mean, historically, absolutely, everyone knows that. But do you know for a fact that, now, in 2026 they’re still getting first pick at normal “sweetest deals”? I would assume maybe better than some, or at least still getting supplied at all. But I thought I recently (in the last 2-3 months’ish) heard something about them also getting fucked: by the big AI datacenter players; Apple, to my knowledge, is not, at least not on that scale.
If you have insider/industry experience, though, that’s that… I no longer am close friends with people at Apple, and to dispute confident, current inside knowledge becomes a different discussion for a different place with different people.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 days ago
My information is probably less out-of-date than yours, but yeah, they’re probably getting hit as well, just not as hard.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
I’m curious what their next iPhone is going to cost
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 3 days ago
They did have to bump up the prices.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah, the specific RAM shortage is affecting everyone.
13igTyme@piefed.social 3 days ago
Also it’s Apple. Even if they got the chips at the same price before they would never NOT raise the price if given the opportunity.