Last week, Trump's administrativa announced a dramatic plan for tariff measures that would hit virtually every country outside the US. Stocks Applu responded to this with a sharp decline and fell by almost 10%. Given that Apple relies almost exclusively on foreign production, this is a serious problem for the company. According to Mark Gurman of Bloombergbut I have Apple There are several ways to mitigate the impact. The base price of the higher-end iPhones has remained at $2017 since 999. Apple is trying to maintain these prices despite inflation and market developments. But new customs regulations could change that. With a 54% tariff on China, 26% on India, 46% on Vietnam and other high rates, maintaining current prices is practically impossible.
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Some countries like India and Vietnam are reportedly actively negotiating exemptions, but China is not. And it is on China Apple still very dependent. Therefore, Apple is trying to diversify production and gradually move it elsewhere – but certainly not to the US. Gurman comes up with several scenarios for how Apple could respond:
- Negotiate better prices with suppliersoneproduction
- Part of the costs to "swallow" – Apple has an average margin of around 45%
- Temporarily adjust only slightly until they evaluate the impacts
- Massively import goods into the US before tariffs are imposed and use existing stocks
According to the news, you Apple has actually created a large stockpile of products on the US market. They are not subject to tariffs yet. This gives the company time at least until the launch of the new generation of iPhones in the fall. Although Apple is not afraid of a possible price increase, it tries to postpone it as much as possible. However, it cannot be ruled out that Tim Cook will intervene again and lobby for an exemption, similar to what happened in Donald Trump's first term.
I don't mind if iPhones get more expensive, they're already expensive and Android phones can do more.
According to the latest information, Tomík failed with Trump, with an exception, so there may be a problem with the final price and it looks quite uncertain so far. Regarding the previous comment, I am a user who works as Windows,both with Linux and Android,IOs I also know and the truth is that Android can really do more than IOs.
I have an Android and I can't really compare, but what surprised me (disappointed me) was that I couldn't use my Samsung to pay for public transportation in Japan because I don't have a Felica chip. Meanwhile, all iPhones have it regardless of where you bought it. Only Androids that are sold in Japan have it.