Apple Intelligence Faces Complex Approval Process in China

[delsoul]

Quit bowing to the communists and start telling them THIS is what is being offered, like it or leave it. More and more companies are pulling out of the country by the day, eventually, the CCP is going to find themselves alone. Apple intelligence isn’t anything to be afraid of. Is the CCP afraid people will search for May 35th,
1989?

 

[delsoul]

A rough estimate, based on industry-standard cost breakdowns and data from 9to5Mac for an iPhone Pro Max 14, suggests that a 10% tariff will elevate the landed cost of an iPhone by approximately $50. Consequently, the retail price would be expected to increase by around $100. So, brace yourself for a $100 hike in iPhone prices.

Interestingly, if the iPhone manufacturing process were instantly transferred to the US, maintaining the same factory equipment and labor requirements, the iPhone’s manufacturing cost would increase by between $80 and $120. Consequently, the iPhone’s price would rise by $160 to $240.

These tariffs, intended to revive manufacturing in the US, especially in the consumer electronics sector, will be ineffective except to increase prices.

I’d happily pay an additional $150 to employ an American to build the iPhone and keep money out of the CCP’s hands.

 

[Compote]

They don't want competition on invasion of privacy.