Apple Inc. has raised the prices of its iPad tablet computers and iPod music players here after a weaker yen boosted import costs.
Finding itself in the same situation, Toshiba Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. are considering following suit.
Apple now sells the iPad Wi-Fi model with 16 gigabytes of memory for ?49,800, compared with its previous price of ?42,800, according to Apple¡¯s website. Prices of the iPod Shuffle music player now begin at ?4,800, compared with the previous starting price of ?4,200.
¡°We made some pricing adjustments due to changes in foreign exchange rates,¡± Takashi Takabayashi, a spokesman for Apple in Japan, said Friday.
Fujitsu, a Tokyo-based maker of personal computers, said in May it plans to raise domestic prices, and Toshiba said May 8 it may boost prices for its televisions and PCs.
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