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9secondkox2 said:

The president is helpful toward apple. I’ll be buying the new iPhone this year. Doubtful that tarriffs will affect it. Also doubtful the SOC will raise prices much. Either tsmc improves yields enough or apple shrinks tje profit margin a little to absorb the impact. 

mikethemartian said:

aslam said:

The top of the article says that prices would rise in the US and elsewhere. I’m struggling with rationalizing the “and elsewhere” part of it. I see how prices would have to rise for American consumers because tariffs would apply on products produced in China, but why would prices rise for those outside of the US? If I’m not mistaken, most of Apple’s product like iPads, Macs and iPhones are assembled in China with parts manufactured entirely outside the US. So that product, when sold to a Canadian or European, should cost the same as before, should it not? Canada hasn’t levied new tariffs on Chinese-made products or on parts from India, Taiwan, etc., so shouldn’t the price remain the same for Apple to produce the product in China and then sell it in Canada or Europe? Maybe I’m missing something or some element of the supply chain. Can someone elaborate on this for me?

Actually this is a good opportunity for all the other countries that can improve trade relations directly between each other and shut out the US.

jmoore5196 said:

Good riddance.

melgross said:

Rogue01 said:

Will it be a live keynote, or another awful cringe-worthy video?  Maybe they will be apologizing for Apple Intelligence instead of trying to push out more half-baked features.  They already blundered with Siri, unless they try and do damage control and more promises of features that won't be ready with iOS 19.

I miss the days when Apple released new software and the features they previewed at WWDC were actually in the release version.  Instead all we get are 'coming soon' and then 'maybe next year'.  I stopped watching the videos because they were nothing more than reading press releases and spec sheets.

The videos are much better than the live presentations. Those tended to ramble and took much longer. Well, I remember that Apple was criticized for trying to get everything in the first release. Be more like Google and Microsoft people would say, and release features when they’re ready and don’t rush them out for an announcement.  Give me a break!