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R.I.P. 59p - Apple increases UK App Store prices

But Australia's go down

R.I.P. 59p - Apple increases UK App Store prices
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Apple has adjusted its international App Store prices, with several game price points in the UK going up. In Australia, meanwhile, The Next Web is reporting that prices are going down.

We'll have a fuller picture of the situation tomorrow no doubt, but in the meantime we'll update this story with a chart of UK prices new and old.

59p is now 69p (17 per cent)
£1.19 now £1.49 (25 per cent)
£1.79 now £1.99 (11 per cent)
£2.39 now £2.49 (4 per cent)
£2.99 still £2.99 (-)
£3.49 now £3.99 (14 per cent)
£3.99 now £4.99 (25 per cent)
£4.99 now £5.49 (10 per cent)
£5.49 now £5.99 (9 per cent)
£5.99 now £6.99 (17 per cent)
£6.99 now £7.99 (14 per cent)
£7.49 now £8.99 (20 per cent)
£8.99 now £10.49 (17 per cent)
£9.49 now £10.99 (16 per cent)

In-app payments, which work on the same scale, have also increased in price.

Will Wilson says: "This is actually a little more important than just a simple rise of 10p for Angry Birds. One of the factors in determining UK inflation now is smartphone app prices (alongside the handsets themselves). Any rise to prices - especially the lowest band - will be reflected in the next inflation report." Mark Brown says: "This is the biggest economical disaster since Chomps became 17p."
Rob Hearn
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