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  • iPhone buyers worldwide may see higher prices because of Trump's tariffs

    nubusnubus
    With USD having dropped 10% under Trump and Apple buying in USD (and Apple HQ being all USD) but selling mostly in other currencies the margin could get a 6-7% boost for a 12-14% improvement in profits. Apple should simply keep pricing and let margins from exports pay the bills from tariffs.

    At some point contracts will be renewed but if Trump can push the dollar further down by doing a "big unfunded bill" then Apple will do just fine.
    Bart Y

  • California Attorney General threatens lawsuit over potential 25% iPhone tariff

    nubusnubus
    9secondkox2 said:
    Tarriffs ate a trade tool. And he’s using them to get things fairer for America. 
    Seems Foxconn workers in Vietnam get around $3.5 per hour.
    Do you want to take Americans away from their $19/hour assembly jobs so they can work for $3.5?
    Or make iPhone assembly (not the device) 450% more expensive by assembling in the US? How will that help or make things fairer?
    ssfe119secondkox2

  • Trump's 25% smartphone tariff starts just in time for the iPhone 17

    nubusnubus
    9secondkox2 said:
    Lol. iPhone pro max was 1099 in 2019. 1199 in 2024 under Biden. 

    Gas was 4.13in California state average in 2019. 4.87 in 2024. 

    The ford mustang GT was 35335 in 2019. 42495 in 2024. 

    Eggs were 1.46 a dozen. In 2024 that went to 4.15 under Biden. 

    Trump just got here. 

    Let him fight the hood fight to get things back on track. 
    And Apple stock is 20% down from October. Trump is like an avian flu to stocks.
    As for the "hood fight" you claim he is fighting... can I have a K?
    DoctorQronnwatto_cobra

  • Trump demands 25% tariff on any iPhone not made in the US

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    NickoTT said:
    Is it even legal to tariff a specific company? 
    We're beyond that. Harvard, Apple, a free 747-8, deporting US citizens, using the South Lawn as a dealer lot for Tesla, forcing Microsoft to block mail access for UN employees in Europe.... and tariffs at 145% or 10% or 25% or now 50% towards Apple, China, EU, an island with penguins... 

    There is no way of calculating a business case with US manufacturing being far more expensive than just 25% compared to India. Apple might promise to build factories to get a cut on the tariffs. Then plan and build for 3 years, see Trump leave or markets crash, and use the buildings for data centers.
    londordebonbonStrangeDaysnarwhaldewmecflcardsfan80sinophiliamike1muthuk_vanalingamhammeroftruth

  • Tantalizing details of Jony Ive's AI device leak after OpenAI meeting

    nubusnubus
    Matching Ive with a tech visionary… nah, that will never work.
    Alex1Nwatto_cobra