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re: Here’s the iPhone. Here’s the iPhone With Tariffs.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 2:46 pm to DarthRebel
Posted on 4/7/25 at 2:46 pm to DarthRebel
It's all BS hypotheticals.
I bet the Peoples Bank of China prints and reduces the value of their currency which in turn strengthens the dollar and the net effect on tariffed Chinese imports is almost nil.
If history repeats itself, this is how China will respond.
I bet the Peoples Bank of China prints and reduces the value of their currency which in turn strengthens the dollar and the net effect on tariffed Chinese imports is almost nil.
If history repeats itself, this is how China will respond.
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Posted on 4/7/25 at 2:47 pm to redneck hippie
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while there have been criticisms and investigations into labor practices, child labor hasn’t been a substantiated claim directly tied to iPhone
so these places have child labor, but it can’t be confirmed they work on iPhones. Dems love abusing kids. 
Posted on 4/7/25 at 2:48 pm to Diseasefreeforall
Correct. It's a sales tax on wholesalers. Which is actually amplified by the time it gets to consumers. Sales taxes on consumers are pass throughs. Sales taxes on wholsalers are marked up just like any other cost.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 2:49 pm to CollegeFBRules
I’m thinking that’s some bad math where they’re summing up the most aggressively bad tariff scenario for each component or raw material. My hunch is an iPhone 16 Pro would clear 5K in the US but not 50k. The Chinese tariff implications I saw on a 16 Pro was saying 3.6K. Going to be hard to beat Chinese prices when we have labor protections that are something more than just suicide nets on the factory.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 2:49 pm to Bunk Moreland
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This board is weird, MAGA seems to want these jobs back in Tennessee at $15 an hour, but not in Michigan at $30 an hour.
Cell phone manufacturing is not robotically automated?
I asked grok this question and grok said most cell phone production is automated except for the following:
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Manual Dexterity: Tasks like aligning delicate components, attaching flexible cables, or installing screens often require human precision and adaptability that robots struggle to replicate cost-effectively.
Quality Control: Humans inspect finished phones for cosmetic flaws (e.g., scratches) or functional issues that automated systems might miss.
Complex Assembly: High-end phones like iPhones have intricate designs (e.g., hundreds of tiny screws or connectors), and while robots handle some steps, humans often complete the process.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 2:50 pm to HubbaBubba
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Liberals HATE it when you point this out.
No. Liberals were the original group using this emotional argument
MAGA has just adopted Liberal stances and talking points
muh sweatshops
This post was edited on 4/7/25 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 4/7/25 at 2:51 pm to CollegeFBRules
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CollegeFBRules
Day 5 of your tariff melt? Color me impressed.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 2:52 pm to GumboPot
Well, that's another issue. If they're not actually going to employ people to make these things, who cares? BuckyCheese has made the point for tax revenue, so there's that. And I guess you need people to set up the factory.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 2:53 pm to Bunk Moreland
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Well, that's another issue. If they're not actually going to employ people to make these things, who cares? BuckyCheese has made the point for tax revenue, so there's that. And I guess you need people to set up the factory.
Sure. I'm all for robots. We need a lot of people to program and troubleshoot them too.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 2:55 pm to Bunk Moreland
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Well, that's another issue. If they're not actually going to employ people to make these things, who cares? BuckyCheese has made the point for tax revenue, so there's that. And I guess you need people to set up the factory.
In the next ten years more and more industrial production is going to be automated with robots and AI. I feel getting as much of that business based in this country as possible is not only a good idea, but necessary considering where our deficit is currently.
Attacking the deficit will take more than one angle.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 2:56 pm to CollegeFBRules
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This stuff is not coming home.
If China goes to war with some country in the Pacific or with us, Apple will re-patriate. Might as well be planning for it. It's a different world now.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 3:01 pm to CollegeFBRules
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And the phone itself would likely cost more—a lot more
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Yep, a bajillion dollars. And maybe a magic wand.
Likely?????
A bajillion dollars? Wtf is that?? Lol
As with most things in life, nothing is ever as bad as it seems. 80% of the things we worry about never happen.
I'm confident that Apple has folks employed that could "figure it out" and make it happen, IF THEY HAD TO!
Folks should keep your fear mongering to urself.
Same pussies promising Trump couldn't win cuz of the big bad Dems cheating. Geez
Posted on 4/7/25 at 3:02 pm to CollegeFBRules
You seem very concerned.
Very VERY concerned.
Mega-concerny.
So, so SO MUCH concern.
Very VERY concerned.
Mega-concerny.
So, so SO MUCH concern.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 3:03 pm to GumboPot
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I bet the Peoples Bank of China prints and reduces the value of their currency which in turn strengthens the dollar and the net effect on tariffed Chinese imports is almost nil.
Not with a 54% tariff.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 3:03 pm to MemphisGuy
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Day 5 of your tariff melt? Color me impressed.
He just wants what's right for America. A true patriot.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 3:05 pm to CollegeFBRules
sry, I hate apple products, will never own one no matter the price.
next
next
Posted on 4/7/25 at 3:09 pm to CollegeFBRules
The thinly veiled racism of the Democrats.
"We need the slaves to pick our cotton."
"Blacks aren't capable of getting ids."
"We need the immigrants to pick the fruit."
"We need the cheap foreign labor so our i-phones wont be too expensive."
"We need the slaves to pick our cotton."
"Blacks aren't capable of getting ids."
"We need the immigrants to pick the fruit."
"We need the cheap foreign labor so our i-phones wont be too expensive."
Posted on 4/7/25 at 3:10 pm to David Fellows
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You seem very concerned.
Very VERY concerned.
Mega-concerny.
So, so SO MUCH concern.
All of which is noted of course.
Posted on 4/7/25 at 3:11 pm to CollegeFBRules
Oh no. How will anyone ever own a phone if we don't have iPhones?
Posted on 4/7/25 at 3:14 pm to CollegeFBRules
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