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re: $2,300 iPhone could happen soon due to tariffs

Posted on 4/8/25 at 6:40 am to
Posted by TigerGman
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Posted on 4/8/25 at 6:40 am to
Move production to India...



LINK
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
18984 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 9:27 am to
I am not going to lie. Every now and then I get that itch for the latest & greatest phone. Then I look at that price

Posted by CAD703X
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Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 4/8/25 at 10:07 am to
haven't bought a new phone in a decade or longer.

i pick up 2-3 models back and pay around $200 on average.

currently rocking a oneplus 10 pro and its freaking awesome. i think i paid $170 for it a few months back.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
18984 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 10:24 am to
I'm still on my 12Pro and other than my CarPlay occasionally getting wonky, I am still going strong. Was looking at the latest 16Pro price tag of $7.50 a month for 36 months. But I would also have to upgrade my phone plan for that deal and lose my "free" Disney+/Hulu account that the kids watch daily. So, I would be on the hook for another $11/month which means I would now be paying $666 over 3 years for a new phone, and another $11+/month thereafter

Still better than $1,100 for a phone; but it's not a need now

My wife could get the same phone for $100 because she doesn't have the free Disney connected to her number
Posted by TigerGman
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Posted on 4/8/25 at 10:59 am to
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I am not going to lie. Every now and then I get that itch for the latest & greatest phone. Then I look at that price


ATT is basically giving em away with a trade-in. I just upgraded 3 for my family at almost zero costs besides sales tax and a one-time $30 upfront and chicken shite monthly.
Posted by prplhze2000
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Member since Jan 2007
54688 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:16 pm to
I've been getting new pixels unlocked. Last year Google gave a $699 trade in value for a pixel if you got the new ones. Got the 9 Pro XL. Add in the $100 Black Friday discount, spent maybe $350-400 total on it.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
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Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:21 pm to
Good.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
9948 posts
Posted on 4/8/25 at 1:54 pm to
quote:

i pick up 2-3 models back and pay around $200 on average.


This is the way. iOS makes it even easier, because there isn't sh1t of a difference that's meaningful year after year after year.
Posted by Asleepinthecove
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2023
1569 posts
Posted on 4/9/25 at 9:07 pm to
Apple will quickly build a plant in the US to assemble the iPhone as no one will buy a 2,300 dollar phone made in China. Tariffs doing what they should do.
Posted by KennabraTiger
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Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 4/10/25 at 2:02 pm to
5 generations later and now you’re deciding not to upgrade bc of a tariff lol
Posted by prplhze2000
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Posted on 4/10/25 at 4:15 pm to
You still in Gridiron?
Posted by PeteRose
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Posted on 4/11/25 at 8:21 am to
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Maybe Apple (or someone else) will invest into making an all American made smartphone.


Posted by GurleyGirl
Georgia
Member since Nov 2015
14169 posts
Posted on 4/11/25 at 11:50 am to
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Good! I'm tired of money going to foreign countries.

Maybe Apple (or someone else) will invest into making an all American made smartphone.


This. I understand a foreign company like Samsung has their manufacturing facilities outside the U.S. but Apple is a U.S. company and should be manufacturing their products in the U.S.
Apple has gotten rich from taking advantage of cheap labor in China.
It's time for them to move out of Communist China and back to the U.S.
This post was edited on 4/13/25 at 6:29 am
Posted by burke985
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Member since Aug 2011
26878 posts
Posted on 4/11/25 at 3:03 pm to
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iPhone 11



You're too poor to worry about that lol. Mfer bitching about a 2300 dollar iPhone rocking an 11 lololol.
This post was edited on 4/11/25 at 3:04 pm
Posted by skrayper
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Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 4/11/25 at 5:50 pm to
quote:

Maybe Apple (or someone else) will invest into making an all American made smartphone.


Which wouldn’t really lower the price.
Posted by Hayekian serf
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Member since Dec 2020
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Posted on 4/13/25 at 4:03 am to
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Maybe Apple (or someone else) will invest into making an all American made smartphone.


Your options in this scenario are:

A likely 3,000 iPhone

Americans earning third world wages


Posted by TigerGman
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Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 4/13/25 at 6:21 am to
quote:

Your options in this scenario are:

A likely 3,000 iPhone

Americans earning third world wages




Well Trump just lifted the tariffs, on a bunch of electronics, and specifically named all Apple products. So this interesting discussion is now moot.
Posted by HeadCall
Member since Feb 2025
1752 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 8:02 am to
quote:

People will not pay that much.


Sure they will. The smart phone is probably the most important thing most people own.
Posted by Ricardo
Member since Sep 2016
5720 posts
Posted on 4/13/25 at 11:35 am to
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Sure they will. The smart phone is probably the most important thing most people own.



It's also important to the government that people have a personal tracking device on them at all times as well. That's why they're so ubiquitous. They're a great tool for keeping tabs on people.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53155 posts
Posted on 4/15/25 at 2:30 pm to
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Donald Trump is the master of the art of the deal.


I always laugh when people spout the title of his book from the 80s.
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