Apple's iPhone 18 Launch Brings Unexpected Crypto Costs
Apple unveiled its iPhone 18 lineup today at its 'Surprise and Shine' event. The company has not confirmed official prices yet, but reports suggest the iPhone 18 Pro will start around $1,299 in the US, with the Pro Max priced around $1,399.
An estimated $1,299 iPhone 18 Pro would cost approximately 0.0164 BTC or 0.52 ETH at current prices of $79,196.62 for Bitcoin and $2,500.09 for Ethereum. The Pro Max, on the other hand, would require around 0.0177 BTC or 0.56 ETH.
According to research by CoinGecko, which has been tracking iPhone launch prices against BTC and ETH since 2011, the amount of crypto needed to buy each new iPhone has fallen almost every year. The iPhone 4S required a staggering 162.25 BTC back in 2011, but this number had shrunk to just 0.007 BTC by last year's iPhone 17.
This year, however, looks different due to the current price of Bitcoin sitting below where it was at last September's iPhone launch and Apple increasing Pro-tier pricing by $150 to $200. As a result, the iPhone 18 Pro could require noticeably more Bitcoin than the iPhone 17 Pro did a year ago.