Amazon Hikes Prices on Echo, Fire TV, Kindle and eero Overnight, Blaming Memory-Chip Squeeze From AI Buildout

Amazon quietly reset device pricing overnight: Echo Dot jumped $49.99→$79.99, Fire TV Stick 4K Max $59.99→$84.99, Kindle 16GB $109.99→$149.99, Kindle Paperwhite $159.99→$199.99, and eero Pro 7 $699.99→$799.99. Amazon blamed 'significant increases in memory and storage component costs.' CEO Andy Jassy already lifted 2026 capex to $220B to build AI data centers; Tim Cook has called current memory pricing a '100-year flood.'