In the US, the phone companies want to significantly increase the rates and the prices for smartphones. That won't sit well with American consumers, because consumer products are already becoming more expensive there on all fronts. Up until now, the companies say they have absorbed the extra costs themselves. However, I think that up until now they were able to sell old stock, and from now on they have to pay import duties, and they are passing that cost on to the...
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Joseph Pereira wrote to All <=-

In the US, the phone companies want to significantly increase the rates and the prices for smartphones. That won't sit well with American consumers, because consumer products are already becoming more
expensive there on all fronts. Up until now, the companies say they
have absorbed the extra costs themselves. However, I think that up
until now they were able to sell old stock, and from now on they have
to pay import duties, and they are passing that cost on to the...

Apple imported some millions of phones by air recently, seems their
stock should be fine for the short term - and if memory serves, there's
an exception for phones and computers coming from China.

They'll shift production to their Indian factories, Japanese automakers
are shutting down US factories, I'm sure it'll all work out.

I use Moto phones, I should buy one before stock runs out. Once we all
do that, the facade will drop when prices escalate. Or would a company
rather inflate prices on existing stock not affected by tarriffs and
blame the administration in the quest for the almighty dollar?





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