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During the first Trump administration, Tim Cook was personally able to get a special carve-out for Apple from tariffs on goods made in China.
Not this time.
With Trump ordering across-the-board tariffs on products imported from foreign countries (with a massive 54% tariff on goods from China), Apple’s products are almost certain to get more expensive.
Apple’s attempts to diversify away from China won’t bring much relief. Trump also ordered big tariffs on Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and India — all Apple manufacturing hubs.
How bad could the impact be? The top-of-the-line iPhone 16 Pro Max with 1TB storage might rise from $1,599 to nearly $2,300, according to one analyst’s estimate.
Car dealers and other outlets for big-ticket items are already seeing sales bumps as buyers rush to make purchases before the tariffs bite.
So it’s a good question — should you upgrade your iPhone, Mac or iPad right now, before they go up 30% to 40% or more?
Also in today’s newsletter:
It’s a lot of fun to show your Vision Pro headset to friends or family, but Guest User mode was pretty horrible — until now.
Apple’s most affordable AirPods are now even more affordable.
And there’s new firmware for AirPods; here’s how to update them the right way.
Dell has long made pretty good and affordable monitors, like the nice 4K display in today’s featured setup.
— Leander Kahney, EIC.
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Tweets of the day
Name one single smartphone brand which comes even close to Apple in animations
You can’t.. because there is NONE.
— Apple Design (@TheAppleDesign)
1:36 PM • Apr 4, 2025
We need to talk more about how Apple literally just perfected the display hinge
— Apple Design (@TheAppleDesign)
6:43 AM • Apr 4, 2025
These tariffs are an opportunity to save money.
Gadgets are going to get 30% more expensive. Use that as an excuse to keep the stuff you already have working as long as you can.Right to Repair got here just in the nick of time. The most affordable laptop is the one you
— Kyle Wiens (@kwiens)
7:14 PM • Apr 3, 2025
Wallpaper of the day
Full high-res key art for Mario Kart World! Tap and hold to view in 4K!
— Nintendo Wire (@NinWire)
7:45 PM • Apr 2, 2025
One more thing ...
My job is to work with sort of the top 100 people, that's what I do. That doesn't mean they're all vice presidents. Some of them are just key individual contributors. When a good idea comes, you know, part of my job is to move it around, just see what different people think, get people talking about it, argue with people about it, get ideas moving among that group of 100 people, get different people together to explore different aspects of it quietly, and, you know — just explore things.
Today’s poll
Buy expensive Apple stuff now pre tariffs, or wait? |
Results from yesterday’s poll: Do you use Siri?
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