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How and where Trump's new tariffs affect Apple
As someone residing in the US, I would like some of that popcorn so I can enjoy watching everything fall apart around me. Then again, it will get heavily taxed and stale…longfang said:
As someone not currently residing in the US, I’m breaking out the popcorn.timmillea said:Trump's tariffs only affect goods imported in to the USA. Retaliatory tariffs will affect goods exported from the USA. The bulk of Apple's sales are not in the USA and almost all of its manufacturing is outside the USA. Hence most of Apple's business will be unaffected.
Trump has created an incentive to manufacture in the USA for domestic consumption but also an incentive to manufacture outside the USA for sales in the rest of the World. As manufacturing costs are higher in the USA, the net effect is likely to be higher prices but only in the USA.
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How and where Trump's new tariffs affect Apple
Well, I came here to talk about how these tariffs also now affect the preorder launch for the Switch 2.as per nintendo: “Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.”This is going to be a terribly bad year for the tech and most other communities. How likely will we see Apple prices stay the same? -
More Apple chips could be made in US thanks to TSMC & Intel joint venture
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Mastercard may be in for a fight to stay Apple Card network provider
Well yes I don’t have a membership myself since we go as a family but yeah understandableXed said:
Because I shop at Costco, I have a Costco Visa card that easily pays for itself in any of the first 3 categories.. In fact, I use it for fuel, restaurants, shopping at Costco, and sometimes travel if that's better than, say, the airline's CC or Amex Travel.apple4thewin said:Because I shop at Costco, I have to pay cash or have my family member pay due to BofA giving me a Mastercard. Hopefully, Apple goes with Visa since I have been to other places (and some online storefronts) that don’t take Amex either.- 5% on gas at Costco and 4% on other eligible gas and EV charging, 5% and 4% earn is on a combined $7,000 spend per year, then 1% thereafter
- 3% on restaurants and eligible travel, including Costco Travel
- 2% on all other purchases from Costco and Costco.com
- 1% on all other purchases
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iPhone XS & iPhone XR may not be supported on iOS 19
Considering that A12 is in the 8th gen iPad, they do need to keep support long enough for people to decide to upgrade to the repeat 2025 10th gen iPad. Also, it has been 5 years since its release.mpantone said:This is a very bizarre rumor, one that I find rather implausible.
As mentioned in the article, these three iPhones and the iPad mini 5th generation share the same A12 Bionic SoC. However the iPad mini 5th generation has only 3 GB RAM whereas the iPhone XS has 4 GB. (The iPhone XR also has 3 GB RAM.)
It makes no sense how an iPad with 25% less RAM will run iOS 19 adequately and the better appointed phone cannot.
