Comment on iPhones were already losing ground in China. Then came Trump’s tariffs: Consumers ditch Apple for more advanced features and to support Chinese brands.

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• suicidaleggroll@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I mean, you’re not wrong, but the same applies to all phone manufacturers. Samsung, Pixel, etc. are going to see similar price hikes due to tariffs in the US, and a similar drop in demand in China as they move to Chinese manufacturers.

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  • Joncash2@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You don’t understand. Chinese companies have been preparing for this for almost a decade now thanks to US policies. Here’s manufacturing locations just for Moto.

    motosmartphones.com/where-are-motorola-phones-mad…

    How much is it really made in Brazil? Enough to by pass the tariffs.

    This is transhipment. China has been building an enormous transhipment network with those countries heavily dependent on Chinese heavy machinery and services. They expected this, they prepared for this. It’s the US companies that tried to obey their own countries rules that are susceptible. Even Samsung has been working with China to create these networks. Soon, I would estimate, Apple will as well. The problem is, if you thought Tik Tok was a national security issue, forcing every US company to use Chinese logistics to fight your own countries tariffs…

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  • coyootje@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yes, but any country that counter tariffs the US makes Apple products more expensive while other (non us based) companies don’t have that problem.

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    • suicidaleggroll@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Pretty sure the country of origin for Apple products isn’t the US anyway. They’d be coming from China, India, etc. Reciprocal tariffs on the US should have no effect on Apple products sold in other countries.

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