Apple Considering Raising iPhone Prices (slashdot.org) 32
Apple is weighing price increases for its fall iPhone lineup, a step it is seeking to couple with new features and design changes, according to WSJ, which cited people familiar with the matter. From the report: The company is determined to avoid any scenario in which it appears to attribute price increases to U.S. tariffs on goods from China, where most Apple devices are assembled, the people said. The U.S. and China agreed Monday to suspend most of the tariffs they had imposed on each other in a tit-for-tat trade war.
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So why does the Slashdot article not link to (and quote) the WSJ article it is apparently based on?
Re:How about absorbing the costs increase in the U (Score:4, Informative)
Most likely wasn't linked due to it being paywalled, which tends to be heavily complained about.
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Believe what you want.
The only car from the US which sold at all well in Europe was the Tesla, and I say "was" because sales have fallen off a cliff recently.
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European car market share statistics 2024: Ford 3.3%, Tesla 2.5%, Jeep 1%, EOF https://www.best-selling-cars.... [best-selling-cars.com]
Re:Why do they want to avoid mentioning tariffs? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Why do they want to avoid mentioning tariffs? (Score:5, Insightful)
This admin is not small government, when they say that they are lying to us.
They are quite supportive of big government, just the parts they like.
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Absolute immunity.
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As for what they can do, tariff issues and exemptions come to mind. Removing tax benefit deals, any possibility of government deals, demands of a boycott of Apple towards his base. Lots of things just off the top of my head.
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On what grounds can the government meddle in a business? Especially a small government Republican administration?
No one with in R in front of their name has enough courage to break rank and upset MAGA.
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Oh, darling; you think that right-wing populists are still about constraining the scope and reach of government?
That shit was done in the 2016 election. Constrained government doesn't do any of the things this administration is attempting to do. Like, literally none of them.
Re:Why do they want to avoid mentioning tariffs? (Score:4, Interesting)
There's a term for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
Please do (Score:3, Interesting)
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I would. But only because there isn't anything on the market I like better.
That said, I bought a phone last year. Probably my last phone purchase.
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+50% tariffs (Score:2)
is the expected stable outcome. Apple will want to anticipate such.
testicles are always blue, wat u mean (Score:1)
Why not! After all, everybody else is doing it, and that's always been exactly what Apple's all about.
Apple your prices and stock are already overvalued (Score:3)
Actual headline: "In Response To Greedy Stockholders, Apple Considering What It Can 'Get Away With' "
Enough with the greed folks. You're making enough money. We are taking a pay cut through inflation, y'all should too.
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We are taking a pay cut through inflation, y'all should too.
That comes with falling demand due to higher prices.
apple price increase (Score:2)
So what's new? (Score:2)
They do it every year, with any new release, anyway.
Shrinking Market (Score:2)
Replaced my phone in December, and it made it 4 years. I used to replace it every other year. But, this was the last phone that was paid for by my company so from here on out I might be a bit more frugal.
While I acknowledge that after 4 years the new phone is a significant improvement in some areas, the value proposition just isn't there. I prefer to use my iPad over my iPhone, so my next phone might just be a mobile hotspot.
"Considering" (Score:3)
Yeah, sure. "Considering"... which is just a sneaky way of announcing that the phone buyer will be the one paying the tarrifs on the iPhone.
quick! (Score:2)
Wait, what? (Score:2)
Apple raising prices? What will be next, a lying politician?