These Raspberry Pi price hikes are no joke

As of today, the price of the 16GB version of the Raspberry Pi 5 is going up by $100, a price bump that’s almost as much as the original $120 price tag. Driven by the ongoing RAM shortage, Raspberry Pi is raising prices on over a dozen of its bare-bones computers, after previous increases in December and February. The increases range from $11.25 to $150.

In a blog post announcing the price increases, Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton reiterated that they won’t be permanent, stating, “The circumstances in which we find ourselves are challenging, but in the future they will abate. When they do, we will reverse our price increases, and until they do, we will continue to work hard to limit their impact in every way we can.”

To potentially soften the blow of the price hikes, Raspberry Pi also announced a new version of the Raspberry Pi 4 with 3GB of RAM available starting today, priced at $83.75. Raspberry Pi models with 4GB or more of memory have been impacted the most by memory price surges. Upton also notes that it’s not an April Fools’ stunt, adding, “Notwithstanding today’s date, our new computer is as real as the rest of our products.”