Apple can increase prices for iPhone 17, but not blame tariffs

The iPhone 17 range will include a new, thinner model

0 facebook X.com reddit Wruesky according to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is working to reduce the costs of this approach, and now considers the possibility of raising prices for iPhone as the least worst option. Which, according to, are familiar with the supply chain, the publication reports that Apple is afraid to blame tariffs of any price increase. This is due to the fact that in April there was a claim that Amazon would display additional costs caused by tariffs.

The statement was immediately devoid of a white house, which called it a “hostile and political act.” Then Amazon released a denial, saying that he had never considered the changes.

, therefore, Apple knows that any recognition of the truth about the fact that the tariffs increase the costs for him and consumers can jeopard his current relations with Trump. It was thanks to the direct relationship of Tim Cook with Trump that the president provided Apple exemption from the tariff, although Trump immediately said that he did not.

Sources familiar with the supply chain say that instead of the tariffs, Apple wants to be able to take into account prices, pointing to specific new functions of the iPhone 17 range. Nevertheless, it is not known what features can be.

When Apple launches its own range of the new iPhone 2025, it will include a new, thinner model. It is not clear whether this model can be made in countries that are faced with lower tariffs than in China.

it is clear that it is that higher models, such as the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max, will continue in China.

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