Love them or hate them, Apple knows how to squeeze their customers to the limit. While the Apple 12 series is exceptional, these not-so-subtle ways in which Apple likes to rip off customers are actually unnerving.

Apple’s strategy makes you wonder how far a brand can stretch the gray area to ensure that profits keep rolling in somehow. Yet Apple only seems to be getting more aggressive as time goes on, finding more creative ways to justify some of its more questionable decisions.

Take the exclusion of the charger and Earpods and how Apple did it with the environment. You can't argue that point without seeming thoughtless and a little bit foolish.

But that shouldn’t stop us from looking at what it’s going to cost the customer. When the high of your recently purchased iPhone wears off, how much will your credit card bill actually be? Here’s a look at the hidden iPhone 12 price hikes you didn’t know about.