Monday, August 31, 2026

The Micro-Byte - August 2026

 

Apple TV Price Increase & New iPhones Incoming

Apple has bumped the price of their streaming service by $2. It doesn't seem like a lot, but all of the streamers are tacking on increases a few dollars at a time. And even at the new $14.99 a month for Apple TV it still has some of the best produced content out there. If you compare it to Netflix's top-tier plan at $26.99, it's actually still very competitive.


Apple has announced and sent out invites for it's September 9th "Surprise and Shine" event. They are expected to announce the new iPhone Ultra foldable phone along with refreshed iPhone Pros. The standard iPhone 18 is supposedly delayed until the spring.


Prices for the new iPhone foldable will be high. The question is if they will price themselves out of the market as they did with the Vision Pro. Also expected are updated Apple Watches and a Home Pod with a screen.


To learn more about the AppleTV+ price increase visit: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/28/apple-tv-one-price-hike-us.html


To learn more about the Apple event, visit: https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/surprise-and-shine-apple-reveals-when-to-tune-into-its-september-event-and-teases-whats-coming-heres-what-to-expect-and-how-we-might-finally-meet-a-folding-iphone