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randominternetperson said:

I do agree that "impossible" should be avoiding in favor of a more accurate term like "economically infeasible."

Obviously it's not "impossible" to make iPhones in the US. They might be as scarce and expensive as a Hermes handbag, but not impossible.

AppleZulu said:

retrogusto said:

DAalseth said:

I don’t know what MS is smoking but those numbers make absolutely no sense to me. I’ve seen a lot of surveys and analyst’s reports in the last few months and consistently Foldable’s have been a tiny niche product, and AI is WAY down the list of important items. 

The fact that they grouped foldables together with thinner phones could be muddying the waters. I have no interest in foldables, but the way the phones keep getting thicker and heavier is probably the biggest reason why I’ve been hesitant to buy a new phone in recent years—none of the new features matter to me as much as the compactness, so for my purposes the phones get a little worse with each new model, or at best a different set of compromises.

The responses for Apple Intelligence are more surprising to me, but I’m glad some users are finding value there. 

Without seeing the actual Morgan Stanley report, it's hard to know for sure what any of this actually means.

Most importantly,  the text of the article here does not support the headline at all.  It's pretty unjustified to derive the headline "Tariffs not stopping Americans from wanting new iPhones with Apple Intelligence" from a survey that was likely conducted before the announcement of tariffs on China and that also doesn't appear to mention tariffs in the actual survey results. There is certainly no indication in the article here that Morgan Stanley's survey or investor note referenced tariffs. Also, the article does mention that the previous Morgan Stanley survey on this subject was over six months ago in September. At that interval it seems highly doubtful much or any of the data for the current survey was collected after Trump's "Liberation Day" announcement less than three weeks ago. Put all that together, and there's nothing at all to suggest that survey respondents were even thinking about tariffs when they answered some questions about iPhones. 

DAalseth said:

I’ve been using Nord for several years and I like it. It’s simple to use, easy to configure, and just works. It might not be as cheap as some others, but I figure you get what you pay for.