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  • Trump's 104% tariff against imports from China goes live

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    MagicApple said:
    'Designed by Apple in California assembled in China'

    could now become

    'Designed by Apple in California assembled in the European Union'

    ...might make happier a lot more people!
    The EU is about the worst place to assemble a product.  Regulations are terrible and costs are high. 
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  • Apple stock bloodbath continues after China applies retaliatory tariffs

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    foregoneconclusion said:
    The governor of California is going to call Trump’s bluff by ignoring the federal tariff and negotiate directly with other countries on tariffs. Seems like a decent strategy considering that the Trump tariffs are entirely dependent on the claim that the national debt has created a national emergency that gives the president the power to levy tariffs. In other words, the White House is likely violating the law and California is going to respond in kind.
    Governor Newsom finally doing something lawful.  That’s an odd one since he usually violates the federal laws he disagrees with. 
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  • Folding iPhone will probably cost more than the Mac Studio

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     Most people upgrade their iPhones every 3-4 years through a carrier upgrade program and thus pay nothing or maybe a couple hundred dollars for a new iPhone.  This $2k folding iPhone will cost over $1000 for anyone upgrading within a carrier plan effectively making it 5x more expensive.   A $2k folding iPhone has to be a small market. 
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  • iPhone fold predicted to launch in late 2026 with no Face ID

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    IMHO, This is truly the most overhyped and uninteresting device to be rumoured coming out of Apple. It’s a small universe of people that want a $2000 folding iPhone. 
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  • Apple's extortionate upgrade prices can't stop the MacBook Air being a bargain

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    titantiger said:
    For the overwhelming majority of MacBook Air customers, 16GB of RAM is plenty.  And so is 256GB of SSD storage.  That machine will scream at virtually anything a normal user throws at it.

    My issue is, as the article states, the extortionate upgrade prices.  You make the machines nearly, if not entirely, impossible to upgrade after purchase, but charge $200 extra per upgrade tier for additional SSD or RAM.  The upgrade tiers should be $100 more.  That's reasonable.  $400 to go to 32GB of RAM is insane.  $400 to go to 1TB of storage is likewise insane.
    The RAM pricing will always be high since it’s unified memory thus part of the CPU/GPU whereas the SSD is just generic tech and is priced 4x too high.  If Apple cut the SSD upgrade price in half they still would make huge margins but at least it’s much more affordable and only a ripoff not highway robbery. 
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