Glad people can see the other side of things than just blind hatred for whatever reason. Bizarre how many people on here cheer for tariffs against the US, but when the US extends the courtesy in return, somehow it’s an issue. It’s telling them drop your tariffs, we drop ours. Americans, and many around the world, purchase items from these places. It’s going to hurt everyone for sure. But when everyone drops the tariffs, everyone will gain. Fair is fair. The US is tired of being the world’s punching bag
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iPhones Could Cost Up to $2,300 in the U.S. Due to Tariffs, Analyst Says
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Glad people can see the other side of things than just blind hatred for whatever reason. Bizarre how many people on here cheer for tariffs against the US, but when the US extends the courtesy in return, somehow it’s an issue. It’s telling them drop your tariffs, we drop ours. Americans, and many around the world, purchase items from these places. It’s going to hurt everyone for sure. But when everyone drops the tariffs, everyone will gain. Fair is fair. The US is tired of being the world’s punching bag
Does Trump want a zero tariff free trade agreement? That’s not going to bring back manufacturing jobs to America.
Oh I don't disagree with that at all. Without going into too much detail, I've been working in markets for 25 years and the first 10 of those years were studying under someone who started in 1970. As Buffet has said even this week, "Keep your head". I'm not buying... yet. But I'm also not fully on the sidelines either - some, sure, but not fully. The biggest rebound days normally happen within days/weeks of the biggest down days, but it's impossible to time that, and I don't want to miss out on those rebound days either, as they have a huge impact on your long term performance.
It’s pretty basic actually. If iPhones become so expensive that you no longer think that you should spend the money on one, then you probably shouldn’t.
There are MANY things in life that I don’t believe are worth the money, so I don’t buy them.
But somehow, it’s a Trump thing. I just know it. I believe it. It has to be. Dang that Trump. How did he get elected anyway?
By MILLIONS!
There are MANY things in life that I don’t believe are worth the money, so I don’t buy them.
But somehow, it’s a Trump thing. I just know it. I believe it. It has to be. Dang that Trump. How did he get elected anyway?
By MILLIONS!
This wouldn’t even surprise me one bit to see him come out of his hole to make a statement like that! 😂
That's what happens when people vote for a supposed great business man and discover he has no clue to how the real world works. Sure bring back jobs and manufacturing to the US that his own partly let go so corporations could increase profits is a great sounding idea. The guy you voted lives in an imaginary world in his head thinks he can snap his fingers and things just happen. No in the real world it takes years to rebuild manufacturing and increase education to have a qualified workforce. All the guy you voted for would have to do is look at TSMC open a factory in Arizona and all the problems they have had dealing with those problems and others. Or maybe the guy you voted for should of looked at his own record as a business person and his LONG list of bankruptcies and failures. He is clueless.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that steep tariffs will be applied to imports from many countries, starting April 9. The tariffs could have a significant impact on Apple, as the company assembles the majority of iPhones in China, and products imported to the U.S. from China will be subject to a 54% tariff.
iPhone prices could increase by up to 43% in the U.S. due to the tariffs, according to analysts at equity research firm Rosenblatt Securities (via Reuters).
Based on that prediction, the top-of-the-line iPhone 16 Pro Max model with 1TB of storage could rise from $1,599 to nearly $2,300 in the U.S., should Apple actually follow through with raising prices by 43% to offset the cost of tariffs.
At the other end of the iPhone lineup, the most affordable iPhone 16e model would increase from $599 to just over $850 with a 43% price increase.
An iPhone 16 Pro with 256GB of storage could rise from $999 to more than $1,400.
Apple would need to raise its prices by at least 30% on average, in order to offset the tariffs, according to Counterpoint Research's Neil Shah.
Apple has yet to publicly comment on the tariffs, so it is unclear if the company will actually raise prices, or if it will get creative and find alternative ways to offset the impact. It is also unclear if iPhone 16 models would increase in price, or if Apple would simply set higher prices on iPhone 17 models from the get-go later this year.
Apple's stock price is down nearly 15% since Trump announced the planned tariffs.
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By lying...
Remember how he denied knowing anything about or having anything to do with Project 2025?
You know...the plan that's being rolled out systematically, exactly as described, by him.
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I don't read the news, nor watch it. I don't use social media. I don't have a bluesky account, never had a twitter account, don't use Facebook, don't use Reddit..
Not sure what mainstream media you are referring to.
Those pesky penguins are stealing American fish 🤣
It’s a gamble I’m willing to take and seems a better use of my money than buying another IPhone I don’t need. But you do you.
🐧🐧🐧🐧. He also placed tariffs on an island full of penguins, so let's not pretend any of this makes sense.
He's already bringing manufacturing jobs back to America.
Brainwashed is being dogmatic and showing blind generalizing opinions about a situation. The previous comment was the opposite of that - and the fact that you can't even give an inch that situation shows more about your brainwashed status than theirs.
Yep! That's going to help the prices of things that cannot be produced here.. Bananas, coffee, graphite, mangos, rare-earth metals that don't even exist on the north American continent.
Maybe I'll start a banana farm in Indiana.
Apple is too important to the US economy so this is where Tim Cook's cosying up plays well to achieve necessary exemptions.
Cook has also committed Apple to huge sums of money to bringing some manufacturing home, something Trump likes to boast about, so it would be unfortunate if Apple had a rethink about that. I mean, he could point out that the tariffs may force Apple to redirect that spending to partially offset the increased costs imposed on it by these political moves.
It's a gamble, but based on the above I've added some more AAPL to my investment portfolio at below $200 today.
Cook has also committed Apple to huge sums of money to bringing some manufacturing home, something Trump likes to boast about, so it would be unfortunate if Apple had a rethink about that. I mean, he could point out that the tariffs may force Apple to redirect that spending to partially offset the increased costs imposed on it by these political moves.
It's a gamble, but based on the above I've added some more AAPL to my investment portfolio at below $200 today.
Goodbye America. You had a nice two hundred years. Trumpland. Bow down to the king or die.
My understanding is that they're based off of the cost to manufacture, not the MSRP.
So... how do the analysts figure that?
So... how do the analysts figure that?
Which companies have announced they are relocating their manufacturing plants to the US since January?
So you get your news from MR.
How many times did Donald declare bankruptcy…7… and he’s trying to be the tariff genius? Your congress should remove the dictator’s ability to use tariffs like a fool.
They are trying. The senate has already passed a bill once to block blanket tariffs (with republican backing). They will again.
When businesses start calling their congress people and threaten to cut off campaign support and donations, they will get involved. It looks like they already are.
Unlike Trump, people in congress (both isles) often do understand economics, and there seems to be near universal agreement that this won't work.
Apple should just pull out of the US market. Move their HQ to Ireland where the local government would welcome them with open arms. Slowly move their staff to the EU and then convert Apple HQ into a homeless shelter.
They will cost that much because all Americans are going to be hugely rich. Huge piles of money. Life will soon be awesome with bananas that grow in Kentucky. Donny told me so and I believe him.
Ah, you see, this is where his genius 6-dimensional-chess mind looks ahead: as soon as everything American's want to buy is too expensive, the most popular collectable will be.... Penguin Poop. But he will be ahead of the game!
Oh, great, leader, we bow to your wisdom.
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