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Apple's Inventory Grows While Its Next Parts Get More Expensive
· New York time
Apple's inventory climbed 154 percent to $14.5 billion as the company warned that unprecedented memory chip costs would continue to rise. The combination raises questions about future device prices, although Apple has not established that every product will become more expensive. Inventory and component costs measure different things. A larger stock of products does not prevent the parts needed for future production from costing more. Memory is used across many devices, so sustained increases can become a significant concern for manufacturers deciding how to price their next lineup. Apple's warehouse and its purchasing department are thus telling different stories at the same time. One has more goods to count; the other faces a more expensive shopping list. The customer waiting for a future price tag gets to watch both, while the company tries to make abundance and rising costs fit on the same earnings slide.
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