In One Timeline

The iPhone Got CHEAPER? Every Flagship Price (2007-2025)

Eighteen years of top-tier iPhones on one timeline, at launch price, in nominal and inflation-adjusted dollars. The twist: tracked as the base flagship and adjusted for inflation, the most expensive iPhone wasn't the newest one - it was the 2018 XS Max, and the flagship has drifted cheaper since. The deliberate foil to the NVIDIA episode, where the flagship really did ~4x.

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Data sources & references

01Apple Newsroom — iPhone launch announcements
02Archived Apple Store pages & contemporary coverage (Time, Wired)
03U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — CPI-U (inflation adjustment)