Apple gets a hard hit from "Liberation Day" tariffs
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Manchito, 19 hours agoIt will much cheaper to buy an iphone from EU rather than US. It will be even cheaper if you dont buy an iPhone at all
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anonymous225, 4 hours agoWorth Every Penny. America firstAmen.
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"...indicating that US citizens should brace for higher prices on goods and services- after all, that's what they voted for."
A hard hitting line. Unfortunately, when you search the debris of those crushed, you'll find a significant amount of people who didn't vote for this.
But this is the reality of elections.
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Manchito, 19 hours agoIt will much cheaper to buy an iphone from EU rather than US. Well, if you live in US not really, because they will still put taxes on anything that comes from abrod, and you'll have to have friends in europe to send the crapp to you, and trust them to do it.
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TheSnowWinterR7, 04 Apr 2025Well, I think it's a great thing that Sony quitted US ... moreIt is not like quiting takes 5 years...
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AnonD-1197239, 04 Apr 2025What may seem as a joke now, could become reality in the fu... moreWell, i was not joking, so yeah it is crazy and will become even more crazy.
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Anonymous, 04 Apr 2025We've yet to see those changes is what the commenter i... moreWe actually are starting to see it! With the brand new Switch 2, wallets in the U.S will be swallowing a $449 price tag, while buyers in Japan will be paying about 50,000 Yen, or a bit under $345 USD after conversion. That's $100 more, or a 30% increase in price. These tariffs are having consequences, and we are actively watching those consequences be passed down to the consumer.
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Anonymous, 03 Apr 2025It is for American companies to return manufacturing to US.... moreright but with the modern wage laws and cost of living in the US, its going to cost far more to manufacture goods than it would be compared to other nations, even if all their workers were paid minimum wage.(and I don't believe citizens would be too interested in building iPhones for $7.25 an hour) That alone would at least DOUBLE the cost of assembling these devices, and that's not even considering the fact that U.S. companies will still need to import the raw materials needed to build these iphones, because the U.S. is severely lacking in those types of resources. Regardless of how you put it, these tariffs are going to make everything more expensive, and even if manufacturing in the U.S. ends up becoming cheaper down the road, prices still wont drop since companies would rather pocket that saved money instead of dropping the prices of their products.
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Anonymous, 04 Apr 2025Are you new here? They go through every comment section and... moreTDS truly is incurable.
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- 04 Apr 2025
Well, I think it's a great thing that Sony quitted US smartphone market in time, because Sony just avoided a big explosion from this thing that will just make everything worse for buyers.
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- 04 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 04 Apr 2025Exact same argument from the Brexiters. They thought the EU... moreUK isn't the US.
Also EU isn't exactly doing better than UK these days.
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zekedw, 03 Apr 2025Well, well, I guess GSM arena is now Political arena. This ... moreAre you new here? They go through every comment section and delete anything that their advertisers would not like, which is anything that isnt blueanon. The writers here have had tds for nearly a decade.
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Carol-, 04 Apr 2025More like, you will see 2000 $ iphonesWhat may seem as a joke now, could become reality in the future.
The base iPhone 17 or 18 could start at 1,000 - 1,100USD, which is crazy.
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- 04 Apr 2025
Sadly these tariffs will not hit only Apple, but all phone producers.
I am not a financial expert, but I predict an increase of 10-20% in all phone prices starting 2026.
And I am guessing the same for cars.
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- 04 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 03 Apr 2025So you want to say some "stupid" voters outvoted ... morethe thing is next president who will be elected will probably bring down the tariffs back so it won't make sense even if you are thinking about it in a long term thing.
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- 04 Apr 2025
"US citizens should brace for higher prices on goods and services- after all, that's what they voted for." Beautifully articulated. It really is and we can only hope they will soon wake up and realise their mistake. It will cost them dearly.
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- 04 Apr 2025
This is what you get when you vote in a man who whose businesses have gone bankrupt 4 times.
Enjoy your delicious liberated $5000 iPhones buddies!
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- 04 Apr 2025
Anonymous, 04 Apr 2025US is unique in it's very big and an import country, s... moreExact same argument from the Brexiters. They thought the EU would crawl on their knees to negotiate a new trade agreement with them. You'd be surprised at how quickly people can abandon US made goods and buy more of their own. Canada and EU countries are already doing it.