iPhone 17/Air/Pro/Pro Max Discussions [No WTB/WTS/Flip]

[kashix]

And as always, US companies or matter of fact, all companies will transfer such cost to consumers to bear instead.
So end of the day, everyone gets hit with increase in prices...

Better buy everything now .... Lucky just hooted my MacBook Air M4 ....

 

[froztheart]

Better buy everything now .... Lucky just hooted my MacBook Air M4 ....

Only temp avoidance nia, when later models come still gonna be affected.

 

[kashix]

Only temp avoidance nia, when later models come still gonna be affected.

This hoot can last a few years at least ... Hopefully Trump backtrack and don't do something crazy

 

[froztheart]

This hoot can last a few years at least ... Hopefully Trump backtrack and don't do something crazy

True for those like me that no longer chase regular upgrades, but those yearly upgraders going to feel the pain especially this year's release..
Unless, like you said Trump backtracks but as we know Trump being Trump, he might come up with something else again.

 

[luckygal]

So quickly buy phone 16 pm now

 

[kashix]

True for those like me that no longer chase regular upgrades, but those yearly upgraders going to feel the pain especially this year's release..
Unless, like you said Trump backtracks but as we know Trump being Trump, he might come up with something else again.

I still chase, iPhone is yearly upgrade affair, have upgraded every year since iPhone 3G. Going to hurt a lot this year if it’s 3K.

So quickly buy phone 16 pm now

Looks like no choice sia, better buy faster.

 

[froztheart]

I still chase, iPhone is yearly upgrade affair, have upgraded every year since iPhone 3G. Going to hurt a lot this year if it’s 3K.

Looks like no choice sia, better buy faster.

Rather buy AAPL.

 

[kashix]

Rather buy AAPL.

Yes maybe that’s a better choice!

 

[limmk]

 

[Windowlover]

Rumour shape look so similar every year lah

 

[deepblue_82]

Touch id not coming back liao bah

ya but i hope there is still under screen finger... id

 

[kashix]

ya but i hope there is still under screen finger... id

Why you still want finger? Face ID much more superior.

 

[ragnarok95]

True for those like me that no longer chase regular upgrades, but those yearly upgraders going to feel the pain especially this year's release..
Unless, like you said Trump backtracks but as we know Trump being Trump, he might come up with something else again.

USA is the one getting the pain, not us. If we get iphone, it will be direct from China/India. Of cos, Apple might increase price to offset those in USA. To be honest, i would expect the price to be higher but not by much.

 

[deepblue_82]

Why you still want finger? Face ID much more superior.

i like touch id much better...

 

[froztheart]

USA is the one getting the pain, not us. If we get iphone, it will be direct from China/India. Of cos, Apple might increase price to offset those in USA. To be honest, i would expect the price to be higher but not by much.

US getting hurt is a definite, but we (rest of the world) will definitely share the pain too.

 

[froztheart]

i like touch id much better...

Certain scenarios Touch ID better, but overall I feel Face ID is much more convenient.

 

[ragnarok95]

US getting hurt is a definite, but we (rest of the world) will definitely share the pain too.

Yes, cos our items going in has 10% more tariffs, will hurt us.

 

[froztheart]

Yes, cos our items going in has 10% more tariffs, will hurt us.

Suicide course man at this rate.

 

[RyanJ]

https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/iphone-apple-tariffs-china-bb20c7a3

The dream of the Trump tariffs is to bring high-tech manufacturing to the U.S. The reality could be a bajillion-dollar iPhone.

Apple’s big moneymaker is a global patchwork. It has components sourced from all over the world, brought together primarily in China, where electronics manufacturing has been perfected over a generation.

Moving just the assembly process to the U.S.? Not cheap and definitely not easy.
Take a look at this iPhone 16 Pro. Your cost, for the 256GB version, is $1,100. The cost of all the hardware inside—aka the bill of materials—was about $550 to Apple when the phone was introduced, says Wayne Lam, research analyst at TechInsights, which breaks down major products. Throw in assembly and testing and Apple’s cost rises to around $580. Even when you account for Apple’s advertising budget and all the included services—iMessage, iCloud, etc.—there’s still a healthy profit margin.

Now factor in the newly announced tariff for goods from China, which currently totals 54%. The cost rises to around $850. That profit margin would shrink dramatically if Apple didn’t up the price. And you don’t become a trillion-dollar gadget company by charging for things at cost.

An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment on the company’s pricing plans or manufacturing details.
So what about that American-made iPhone? Wouldn’t it at least save on tariffs? Apple would still pay levies on the device’s many imported parts. Plus, a manufacturing move to the U.S. would be “a massive, mammoth undertaking” that would take years, says Barton Crockett, senior research analyst at brokerage firm Rosenblatt Securities.

And the phone itself would likely cost more—a lot more. The assembly ecosystem in China is labor intensive and wouldn’t make economic sense in the U.S., Crockett explains. “It’s not clear you can make a competitively priced smartphone here.”

By Lam’s estimates, the assembly labor that might cost $30 per phone in China could cost $300 in the U.S. And if every single component, from the touchscreen display to the internal storage were built here? Yep, a bajillion dollars. And maybe a magic wand.

This tariff matter is far from settled. Our advice is to hold off on stockpiling last year’s iPhones, and make that one in your hand last as long as it can.

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My waifu's current iphone should be able to dong past Trump's current term.

 

[ragnarok95]

Apple won't be so kumgong to make iphone in USA.