Your favorite iPhone can soon become much more expensive, thanks to fees.
President Trump taxes a series of comprehensive tariffs for countries around the world that can drastically change the global trade landscape, and good consumers of consumers.
Company shares slipped more than 9% in the wake of tariff announcements, their worst day since September 2020.
Apple sells more than 220 million iPhones per year; Its largest markets include the United States, China and Europe.
The cheapest iPhone 16 model was launched in the US at a sticker price of $ 799, but can cost up to $ 1,142, with calculations based on analyst forecasts in Rosenblatt Security securities, which can increase by 43% – if Apple is able to cross it to customers.
A most spent iphone 16, with a 6.9 -inch and 1 terabyte storage screen, which is currently withdrawn at $ 1599, can cost nearly $ 2300 if a 43% increase were to consumers.
Trump imposed a tax on a wide range of Chinese imports in his first mandate as president to pressure from US companies to return production either to the United States or in countries close to Mexico, but Apple provided exceptions or renounces some products. This time, he has not yet given any exceptions.
“All of this China’s fee is playing now, now ending with our reception that the American icon Apple would be fixed, like the last time,” said Barton Crockett, analyst in Rosenblatt Securities, in a note.
The iPhone 16e, launched in February as a cheaper entry point for the Apple group of artificial intelligence features, costs $ 599. An increase in prices of 43% can push that cost to $ 856. The prices of other Apple devices can also be discarded.
Apple did not immediately respond to a comment request. Many clients pay for their phones for a period of two or three years through contracts with their mobile provider.
However, other analysts pointed out that iPhone sales have been staring at the company’s key markets, as Apple Intelligence, a set of features that help summarize notifications, rewrite electronic posts and give users access to chatgt, failed to access
Expert reviews have estimated that the features, albeit innovative, so do not provide enough competing reason to justify the improvement in newer models.
The stagnation in question can put additional pressure at the end of Apple, especially if costs increase in second place for tariffs.
Angelo Zino, a capital analyst at CFRA Research, said the company will have a difficult time exceeding more than 5% to 10% of the cost to consumers.
“We expect Apple to stop any huge growth of phones until this fall when its iPhone 17 is set to begin, as it is usually how it deals with planned price increases.”
Even with some production movements to Vietnam and India, most of the iPhones are still in China, and those countries were not spared by tariffs, with Vietnam receiving a 46% tax and India to 26%.
Apple will need to raise its prices by at least 30% on average to offer import tasks, according to Research Counterpoint Neil Shah co -founder.
A potentially sharp price increase can donate to the smartphone and give Samsung Electronics an advantage of South Korea, as the Asian country faces tariffs lower than China, where all iPhones sold in the USS
“Our quick math on the day of release of Trump’s tariffs suggests that this can be blown up Apple, potentially devoting the company up to $ 40 billion,” noted Crocket Rosenblatt Securities, adding that news between Apple, China and the White House are likely.
“Hard hard for us to imagine Trump by blowing up an American icon … but that looks quite harsh.”
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