Submitted 15 hours ago by Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://restofworld.org/2025/iphone-apple-sales-china-trump-tariffs/?
- New tariffs could raise iPhone prices by about 40% in the U.S.
- Apple’s AI delays are hurting its appeal, while Chinese brands have rapidly integrated AI.
- Nationalism and anti-Trump sentiment are driving some buyers to Chinese brands.
I hope Tim Apple got at least a small hard on while licking Trump’s shoes. That would be unfair for a $million.
Part of me feels like this is part of the plan. Like during the pandemic, companies raised prices but when the pandemic was over prices didn’t go back down.
The plan is to crash the stock market and buy back cheap.
The billionaires have already cashed out near the top.
fool.com/…/warren-buffett-334-billion-cash-invest…
It is the suckers taking the losses and the billionaires will buy back your stocks when they hit rock bottom.
Lets see how long before the whole privacy first approach gets dropped. I am betting 1 quarter of negative growth and privacy goes out of the window
Have they tried Donating a Couple More MILLION or maybe a few BILLION Dollars to Not Corrupt Trump Yet?
cocolowlander@feddit.nl 14 hours ago
Apple is cooked. Not only are they going to get decimated in China, but they are going to see demand destruction in the US due to tariffs. And neither Trump nor Xi cares about Apple.
suicidaleggroll@lemm.ee 14 hours 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.
Joncash2@lemmy.ml 13 hours 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…
coyootje@lemmy.world 13 hours 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.