News & Reviews:   price hike

Exactly a year ago, Apple raised the prices of its TV+, Music and One subscriptions by up to RM10 per month. Once again, the company is doing it again but this time only on Apple One and Apple Arcade. 

Once again, Netflix is announcing another price increase for the Basic and Premium plans. However, it's only starting out in the US, the UK and France for now, according to its third-quarter financial report of 2023 here. 

Last week, news was already buzzing around of Spotify raising the price for each plan. But we have realized that the price hike for the Malaysian market has already taken effect for new subscribers.

If you saw the news recently, Sony has raised the prices of the PS5 globally, but not in the U.S. However, it also has made a minor change to the consoles, as new reports claim that the Disc and Digital editions of the PS5 are now lighter than ever.

Over the past two years, the pandemic has affected the workforce and raised prices consequentially. One great example was the hiked price of GPU cards. We have also seen 2022 laptop model prices being a bit overpriced more than they used to and may even rise higher in the second half of 2022.

Due to the global pandemic, companies have been hit by supply problems that affected both product price and availability. That has made many people more careful with their spending in 2021. Unfortunately, more of the same can be expected for 2022.

As most tech enthusiasts know, GPUs around the world have a hike in pricing due to the shortage of processors. Many experts are predicting the same for various tech gadgets and Xiaomi agreed as well. This is because the company revealed that their smartphones and TVs lineup is now slightly more expensive starting from July onwards.