How Apple stockpiled iPhones to avoid tariffs and keep prices low for a while

In order to protect its customers from high import fees, Apple shipped an impressive amount of products, including iPhone, to the US from over seas, with very little notice. Here's how it did it.Apple ParkBig Tech is projected to be one of the industries hit hardest by the Trump Administration's newly instated tariff plan. Apple alone is projected to take a $33 billion hit, a number much higher than anyone — including Apple — would have expected.Apple may not have anticipated getting hit as hard as it did, but that doesn't mean it sat idle. In fact, some quick thinking may have bought it a little more time. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Apr 7, 2025 - 17:37
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How Apple stockpiled iPhones to avoid tariffs and keep prices low for a while
In order to protect its customers from high import fees, Apple shipped an impressive amount of products, including iPhone, to the US from over seas, with very little notice. Here's how it did it.

aerial view of Apple Park
Apple Park

Big Tech is projected to be one of the industries hit hardest by the Trump Administration's newly instated tariff plan. Apple alone is projected to take a $33 billion hit, a number much higher than anyone — including Apple — would have expected.

Apple may not have anticipated getting hit as hard as it did, but that doesn't mean it sat idle. In fact, some quick thinking may have bought it a little more time.


Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums