I live in a fixed income, Social Security. I wouldn’t be able to afford a new iPhone (which I get typically every 5 years so I buy new for the longest support time).
As to your view that iPhones should be made here, I disagree at many levels. A healthy global economy depends on consistent trading partners and when threatened by a bully who doesn’t have to worry about the expense decides to pick a fight with other nations, it simply isolates the US even more.
I don’t believe we have enough workers willing to do the menial but specific tasks of assembling an iPhone. The price indeed would go up, probably more than the price that the tariffs would invoke.
You can bet that iPhone will eventually cost more than $3500. It's how the world works. Workers will be making twice what they make now, so given time...¯\_(ツ)_/¯
My wife just upgraded to the iPhone 16 Pro. I’m holding on to my 14 Pro Max. Glad to hear the battery can be replaced. Now I don’t feel the urgency to upgrade too.
Definitely a lot of news you can use in this post! $3,500 sounds like an awful lot of money. Hope my current phone(s) last a long time.
(signed) Your "Supervising Producer"
Got a chuckle out of that title
I live in a fixed income, Social Security. I wouldn’t be able to afford a new iPhone (which I get typically every 5 years so I buy new for the longest support time).
As to your view that iPhones should be made here, I disagree at many levels. A healthy global economy depends on consistent trading partners and when threatened by a bully who doesn’t have to worry about the expense decides to pick a fight with other nations, it simply isolates the US even more.
I don’t believe we have enough workers willing to do the menial but specific tasks of assembling an iPhone. The price indeed would go up, probably more than the price that the tariffs would invoke.
My 2 cents
Judi M
You can bet that iPhone will eventually cost more than $3500. It's how the world works. Workers will be making twice what they make now, so given time...¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Maybe we’re edging closer to no phones at all…wouldn’t that be something
My wife just upgraded to the iPhone 16 Pro. I’m holding on to my 14 Pro Max. Glad to hear the battery can be replaced. Now I don’t feel the urgency to upgrade too.