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Is Now the Time to Upgrade Apple Devices Before Tariffs Lead to Price Increases?
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Did I say it was an Apple plan? I said there was a report today that Apple has a plan. Geez some of you guys just want to freaking argue. Again, I don't really care what everyone does. Go out and buy everything you can right now, doesn't matter to me.
Kinda funny that cook has been pimping himself out to trump for absolutely zero gain haha
It does not even say that Apple has a plan. It lays out a potential plan for Apple not from Apple. I am not arguing just pointing out that you misrepresented what you posted.
It's early ... I expect more extortion.
Don likes Tariffs because it puts him in control as the czar with everyone having to come and beg and plead for repreive.
It's a consolidation of power. He loves that.
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Yeahhhhh…..this isn’t happening lmao. Trump has congress wrapped round his tiny finger
What’s very interesting is apparently Apple are selling more iPhones as a consequence of this
on a side note it will be interesting to see what Samsung do with the galaxy flip & fold when they get announced in August
Yea, it's one possiblity.
That's the calculus - what are the market and political implications of such a move. If they did that there no doubt would be some fallout, hw much and the impact I a good question.
Arbitrage time.
Yes, it will be dictated by the market response to a large extent.
A lot depends on the high end market where Apple plays and what Apple/Samsung and others in that segment do. I have no idea how this will play out, just speculated on a few responses.
New report lays out potential plan for Apple to 'soften the blow' of imminent US tariffs - 9to5Mac
Last week, the Trump administration announced an extreme tariff plan on essentially every other nation in the world. This would...9to5mac.com
TFA is speculation about what Apple may do, not what Apple said they'd do. If Apple did indeed stockpile phones, as TFA speculates, to have enough stock on hand through Sept, then there is no need to raise prices. Thatwould put price pressure on Samsung, et. al. If they didn't stockpile.
Stockpiling phones, if true, would also possibly indicate the tariffs are a short trem thing and will go away quickly as the impact is felt.
News started to circulate that Apple, Nvidia and many tech companies will be exempt from the new tariff Annex III rules under 9903.01.34.
The U.S. content of articles the product of any country, in which the U.S. content of the article provides at least 20 percent of the Customs value of the imported article.
This can be included IP, designs, or software installed on device.
If this is true, that Trump provided an 'escape route' for tech companies, then tech stocks will jump right back. And his comments on now is good time to invest in stock make sense. So his ultimate goal is to manipulate the stocks? 🤔
The U.S. content of articles the product of any country, in which the U.S. content of the article provides at least 20 percent of the Customs value of the imported article.
This can be included IP, designs, or software installed on device.
If this is true, that Trump provided an 'escape route' for tech companies, then tech stocks will jump right back. And his comments on now is good time to invest in stock make sense. So his ultimate goal is to manipulate the stocks? 🤔
"The term “U.S. content” refers to the value of an article attributable to the components wholly obtained, produced entirely, or substantially transformed in the United States."
I'm not well-versed in customs law and terminology - but software isn't a "component" in the normal sense of the word.
Also: Would Apple's IP qualify as U.S.-originating anyway? Don't they move that Bermuda (or other tax havens) anyway?
"Sending valuable intellectual property rights offshore together with the profits that follow those rights is at the heart of Apple’s tax avoidance strategy"
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-113shrg81657/pdf/CHRG-113shrg81657.pdf
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Soon, Americans will finally know what the rest of the world pays for an iPhone.
I just wanna say national debt and trade deficits mean nothing if they aren’t called on by the holder. Ostensibly it’s just an artificial number, as the government can just print more money.
Also, China and Vietnam et al, are poorer countries and as such will not be able to have a balanced trade relationship because the value of their currency isn’t at the US dollar level and the cost of living is substantially different.
All of this could’ve been researched in a simple economics video on YouTube.
Also, China and Vietnam et al, are poorer countries and as such will not be able to have a balanced trade relationship because the value of their currency isn’t at the US dollar level and the cost of living is substantially different.
All of this could’ve been researched in a simple economics video on YouTube.
Listen, those penguins are taking huge advantage of us, they need to pay us more pretty pebbles!
Of coarse they are going to back track and deny everything. Trump speaks directly to him quite often. As the whole world is against him they don't want to be associated with him in any way. We shall see when this is all over what he says.
I don't think folks should be panicking about this whole thing. This kind of reporting will have people falling out and having heart attacks and strokes, and to find out later that it wasn't that serious. C'mon people. Don't get worked up over this stuff. The goals of these corporations is to maximize their profits in every possible way that they can.
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Yeah, we're so dumb here.
That's why we're the largest trading partner in the world, and Ukraine asked us for help, and not you guys first.
The EU is about as irrelevant as countries like Canada and Mexico. Speaking of "idiocracy" you guys still have a monarchy government style... Something from the 1400s.
The USA has been bankrupt for decades. This so-called "six time bankrupt person" has done something the USA hasn't been able to do: GET OUT OF BANKRUPTCY SIX TIMES.
Calm down. Nobody has attacked anybody else.
Better be careful about that. There are laws and punishments.
This is the smartest way to do it.
It doesn't matter. But I voted for him and he's made my country safer already by sending the most violent criminals OFF the premises. He has also ended many cray-cray policies and practices that were hurting my country EVERY DAY. And his DOGE department has uncovered hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud and abuse.
I'm feeling like I voted for the right man for the job. But thank you for your concern!
I'll pay far more in taxes just in this year alone than you probably will over the next 10 years. And a lot of that might very well be tariff costs.
And I'm okay with that.
Not gonna happen.
You're fantasizing again.
Nobody has paid any tariff money yet, so how can "goodwill" be destroyed? This is all working itself out. You really should calm down; it's not good for your nerves or your heart.
Until it's not.The Market HATES uncertainty. Businesses HATE uncertainty. Everything is going to be uncertain.
I'm an investor. I am in cash right now because most things are not performing well. But that can change in days or weeks. Right now, there's no evidence to support all this stress that people are needlessly putting themselves under.
It sure seems that way, doesn't it?
I'm hoping this will actually serve to uncover all the guilty parties behind the child slavery that we keep hearing about. I'm game for it. Let's get it out in the open so that we can stop it.
Your mocking tone tells me that you are not yourself prepared. And maybe even that you don't know how to prepare, and that all of this scares you. There are professional finance people who can help you with this. I'm not mocking you; I think you should seek help.
The good news is that if you seek financial help and knowledge now, you will be able to avoid seeking help for PTSD (from losing your wealth) later. I wish you luck.
I don't know what that means, but it sounds mean-spirited.
Many Euro countries have themselves already embedded in the quicksand of debt from the high cost of their own government-heavyhanded methodologies. That, combined with the years of not providing for their own security, has them just as panic-ridden as on the US side.
100% true.
I've been thinking about upgrading my MBP this year, just to get to the M4. But I don't "need" it as yet. And who knows, by 2027, Apple might be making them in Alabama or South Carolina, where they already make some BMW cars, lol.
This is not a time to panic. It might be a time to look for ways to profit from all this hot-and-bothered drama.
Fine. We wish you luck in whatever you choose to do.
Nothing has even happened yet. Why are you freaking out?
"Camera tumor"...okay, that was funny.
And yeah, I do often hit that new camera button by mistake. But I still like having it.
I disagree about your comments regarding "rewarmed products", but I get where you're coming from. And you're not wrong to want Apple to manufacture them in the US.
If you want a bigger notch, I know a guy who can tattoo one right on your forehead!
Maybe, maybe not. Europe is into spending money right now, and I'm not sure it's going to stop just because of some American tariff on products not made in America.
Tell us 5 "way worse" examples, please. And while you're thinking about that, I'll go for a walk in my neighborhood that has fewer violent armed invading outsiders selling drugs out of apartment buildings. Fewer than when president Mumblemouth was ignoring the problem.
Sometimes you have to shake things up to fix a problem that is so embedded that only a few citizens recognize it. Lack of US-based manufacturing skills, knowhow, and facilities are a real problem and I'm glad SOMEBODY is working on it.
Grandma is smarter than you give her credit for. We were headed for a market downturn anyway, so this needs time to work itself out.
Thank you for this.
Be careful, people might start calling you an arrogant American.
You're right, of course. 😏
I never thought this sentiment would proliferate so quickly. I have heard this from so many sides now.
You can thank the media for that. Getting people enraged keeps them coming back for more.
We really are
From decades of policies the polar opposite of Trump’s
Because we’re the ones that promised to ensure their borders in exchange for them giving up their nukes in the ‘90s
The EU is the largest trade bloc in the world, and has a GDP starting to approach the US. Were the UK still in the bloc (and I’d be willing to bet within the next 20 years they’ll rejoin) it would have a *bigger* GDP than the US.
Calling the EU irrelevant is a supremely weird take.
As for Canada and Mexico, sure they’re smaller than us but they’re definitely not irrelevant, especially to us, massive amounts of food, goods, and services the US depends on come from both countries and they’re *deeply* integrated into our supply chains. Apropos of nothing btw, Canada sends peacekeepers to more situations around the world than any other country.
Outside of the Vatican and kinda/sorta Monaco, both of which are not exactly massive, Europe is pretty much entirely functional democracies. If you think otherwise you’re deeply misinformed.
In the eye of the world, America is considered "arrogant" on so many levels. Especially me being American born and raised. Not surprised at all. I'm a very humble person with a humbled beginning. Crazy part? So many foreigners trying to move to America to follow the "American Dream" as they will call it. Then, when the foreigners do move here, they have no proper etiquettes in social outings and worst yet, nerves to be rude and disrespectful. I've said this before and will say it again. Let us as Americans go to their home countries and act the way we do in America there. We're going to get locked up without questions. Despite being born and raised in America, I have taken upon myself to learn of other cultures that exist around the world and I find it fascinating and enlightening as well as heartbreaking depending on how I look at it. Again, I'm willing to be mindful and respectful of other cultures. In all honesty, I don't get that vibes from some foreigners who come here. If so, I will think it's an ulterior motive for personal gain. I considered myself a person of intelligence and reason and I see it and call it as it is whether anybody agrees or disagrees with me or not. I don't know why I'm typing this long paragraph. One thing that I will make clear that my late elders always told me: FREEDOM IS A PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. DON'T F*** IT UP DOING STUPID STUFFS. It rings true today, as it did when I was first told.