Archive · 10 Sep 2026
iPhone 18 Price Claims Spark Memes Comparing Phones With Bikes
People online are making jokes about the claimed price of the iPhone 18.
They compared it with a Royal Enfield motorcycle instead of another phone.
One comparison said the phone could cost about ₹2.99 lakh, while the bike cost about ₹2.80 lakh.
That means someone could potentially buy the bike and still have some money left.
Other jokes compared the phone with gold, Bitcoin and even kidneys.
Some posts also imagined needing loans or large credit limits to buy it.
These posts are meant to be funny and are not confirmed shopping advice.
The jokes show that many people think premium iPhones have become very expensive.
Social-media users compared a claimed ₹2.99 lakh iPhone Duo 256GB price with a Royal Enfield Himalayan OG 440 costing about ₹2.80 lakh on-road.
Memes joked that buyers could purchase the motorcycle, fuel it and still have roughly ₹30,000 left.
Other posts revived kidney jokes and imagined large credit limits, government registration and long-term loans for iPhone buyers.
Additional comparisons involved gold, Bitcoin and purported iPhone prices circulating in Pakistan.
The prices and comparisons are social-media claims, not verified buying guidance, but they reflect perceptions of iPhones as expensive status products.
- Who
- Apple and social-media users discussing the claimed prices of its premium iPhones.
- What
- A wave of memes compared claimed iPhone 18 prices with Royal Enfield motorcycles, Bitcoin, gold and other costly items.
- When
- The posts cited in the article circulated on September 10, 2026.
- Where
- The discussion spread across social media, with some purported prices also circulating in Pakistan; the article is datelined Mumbai.
- Why
- Apple’s claimed premium pricing prompted jokes about affordability and the iPhone’s status-symbol image.
- Claimed iPhone Duo 256GB price
- Approximately ₹2.99 lakh
- Royal Enfield Himalayan OG 440 price
- Approximately ₹2.80 lakh on-road
- Difference in comparison
- The meme claimed about ₹30,000 could remain after buying the motorcycle
- Claimed iPhone 18 Ultra price
- About USD 2,000 in one social-media comparison
- Bitcoin figure used
- About USD 78,265 in that comparison
- Earlier iPhone comparison
- The iPhone 5 was shown at USD 649 in 2012, alongside Bitcoin at about USD 12
- Reliability warning
- The prices and comparisons are social-media claims rather than verified buying guidance