Amazon Raises Echo, Kindle, Fire TV Prices by Up to 60% Amid Chip Costs
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Amazon has hiked prices across its smart-home devices and Kindle line by as much as 60% due to higher memory and storage costs from ongoing component shortages. Examples include the Echo Dot jumping from $49.99 to $79.99, the Echo Show 11 from $219.99 to $249.99, the 16GB Kindle from $109.99 to $149.99, and the Kindle Paperwhite from $159.99 to $199.99; Fire TV Stick HD rose to about $39.99 and the Fire TV Stick 4K Max to $84.99. The eero routers also rose, Ring devices were largely unchanged, and the moves come as competitors like Roku have likewise raised prices. Amazon cites memory/storage cost increases as the driver for the shifts.
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