They could still keep asking $200 for the next tier. They used to regularly bump the lowest RAM spec and keep the price the same. DRAM and SSD prices have fallen but Apple keeps the same specs and the same upgrade prices so they're making more money off 8GB/256 GB configs then they were previously.
It's getting to point where it's pretty insulting to sell a $1300 computer with a 256 GB SSD that has a street value of not even $30 and ask $400 to bump it to a 1TB when you can easily find name brand high quality fast 4TB SSDs for less than $400.
It's getting to point where it's pretty insulting to sell a $1300 computer with a 256 GB SSD that has a street value of not even $30 and ask $400 to bump it to a 1TB when you can easily find name brand high quality fast 4TB SSDs for less than $400.