iPhone 18 Pro price shocks buyers, triggers meme flood on social media

The craze for iPhones in India is no secret. Every year when a new iPhone launches, long queues and crowds gather outside Apple Stores. The same has happened this time. With the launch of the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, people have gone wild. But this time the phone is in the news more for its price than its features. Hearing the price has left ordinary people stunned.

The iPhone 18 Pro starts at a base price of Rs 1,64,000, while the Pro Max goes up to as much as Rs 4,00,000, roughly the price of a small car. This means an ordinary person cannot buy the phone without taking a loan. This has triggered a wave of memes on social media, each funnier than the last.

One meme shows that people who had planned to buy the new iPhone expected the price to be around Rs 1 lakh, but on seeing it priced at one and a half lakh, many cancelled their plans altogether. People now have to check their bank balance before even thinking of buying the phone.

Another meme jokes that if your family is still letting you live at home, consider yourself lucky, because asking for a phone worth one and a half lakh could well get you thrown out. It says this is especially the situation for college students, who cannot even bring themselves to ask for one.

The oldest and most famous joke has returned too, the one about selling a kidney to buy an iPhone. This meme goes viral every time a new iPhone launches. In one meme, an entire family goes to the Apple Store asking who will donate a kidney, since the price leaves no other option.

Another meme is about a person who does not even have money for a basic mobile recharge, clutching his head on seeing the price of the iPhone 18.

Some people are determined to buy an iPhone no matter what, even if it means taking a loan. There is a meme for them too, about having no money but no shortage of desire.

People who were carrying the iPhone 17 until yesterday now find their phones outdated overnight, since the iPhone 18 has hit the market. The meme captures the expressions on old iPhone users' faces as they too start wanting the new phone.

One meme shows a husband buying the iPhone 18 Pro for his wife and having to sell a kidney to do it. Overall, the iPhone 18 Pro's launch has caused a stir on social media. Those who can afford it will buy the phone, while those who cannot are at least entertaining themselves by laughing at the memes.