https://www.cnet.com/news/why-your-iphone-and-android-will-cost-more-in-2019/ > It may feel like the iPhone XS costs as much as a brick of gold. > Premium models aren't the only products getting more expensive. Midtier devices are being nudged up, too. The iPhone XR costs 7 percent more than last year's entry-level iPhone 8, and 15 percent more than the iPhone 7. The OnePlus 6T, meanwhile, rose 3.8 percent over the OnePlus 6 phone released just six months ago, and a total of 37.6 percent over the last two years.