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Amazon just hiked the prices for Echo, Fire TV, and Kindle products by up to 60 percent
Citing "significant increases in memory and storage component costs," in a statement given to Fortune, Amazon has raised prices on Echos, Kindles, Fire TVs, and Eeros by up to 60 percent.
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Amazon announced price hikes of up to 60 percent on several of its devices, citing sharply higher memory and storage component costs. The increases affect Echo speakers, Kindle e‑readers, Fire TV streaming devices and Eero mesh routers, with the lowest‑priced items seeing the biggest jumps. For example, the Echo Dot’s price rose from $49.99 to $79.99. The changes were disclosed in a statement to Fortune.
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