Apple Considering Raising iPhone Prices (slashdot.org)
(Monday May 12, 2025 @11:20AM (msmash)
from the shape-of-things-to-come dept.)
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- News link: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/05/12/1251211/apple-considering-raising-iphone-prices
- Source link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/05/12/0826256/us-and-china-agree-to-temporarily-slash-tariffs
Apple is [1]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.
[1] https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/05/12/0826256/us-and-china-agree-to-temporarily-slash-tariffs
> 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.
[1] https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/05/12/0826256/us-and-china-agree-to-temporarily-slash-tariffs
Re:Why do they want to avoid mentioning tariffs? (Score:4, Interesting)
by Can'tNot ( 5553824 )
Retribution. Trump was very unhappy with Amazon when they mentioned tariffs, and he can be extremely petty.
Re: (Score:2)
by jacks smirking reven ( 909048 )
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.
Re: (Score:2)
by dfghjk ( 711126 )
Absolute immunity.
Re: (Score:2)
by Kitkoan ( 1719118 )
It's a small government in the way that a dictatorship is a small government.
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.
Please do (Score:1)
by dremon ( 735466 )
Apple customers will pay anyway even if they double or triple the price.
Re: (Score:2)
So why does the Slashdot article not link to (and quote) the WSJ article it is apparently based on?
Re: (Score:2)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-iphone-price-increase-2eaebb14
Most likely wasn't linked due to it being paywalled, which tends to be heavily complained about.