Your favorite iPhone can soon become much more expensive, thanks to fees.
President Trump set a series of comprehensive fees for countries around the world that could drastically change the global trade landscape, and consumer goods as the iPhone could be among the most striking, analysts said on Thursday, 30% to 40% if the company would go to the cost of consumers.
Company shares slipped more than 9% in the wake of tariff announcements, their worst day since September 2020.
Apple sells more than 220 million iPhones per year; Its largest markets include the United States, China and Europe.
The cheapest iPhone 16 model was launched in the US with a sticker price of $ 799, but can cost up to $ 1,142 for calculations based on analysts at Rosenblatt Securities, who say the cost can increase by 43% – if Apple is able to cross it to consumers.
A more expensive iPhone 16, with a 6.9 -inch and 1 terabyte storage screen, which is currently packaged by $ 1599, can cost nearly $ 2300 if a 43% increase were to consumers.
Trump set tariffs for a wide range of Chinese imports in his first term as president to pressure from US companies to return production either to the United States or in nearby countries like Mexico, but Apple provided exceptions or renounces some products. This time, he has not yet given any exceptions.
“All of this China’s fee is now playing fully in opposition to our reception that the American icon Apple would be nice, like the last time,” said Barton Croats, analyst in Rosenblatt Securities, in a note.
The iPhone 16e, launched in February as a cheaper entry point for the Apple group of artificial intelligence features, costs $ 599. A 43% price increase can push that cost to $ 856. Pricements of other Apple devices can also be discarded.
Apple did not immediately respond to a comment request. Many clients pay for their phones for a period of two or three years through contracts with their mobile provider.
However, other analysts noted that iPhone sales have been staring at the company’s main markets, as Apple Intelligence, a set of features that help summarize notifications, rewrite electronic posts and give users access to chatgt, has failed to excite buyers.
Expert reviews have suggested that the features, while innovative, do not offer enough for a compelling reason to justify updating in newer models.
Demand stagnation can make additional pressure at the last Apple’s end, especially if costs increase due to tariffs.
Angelo Zino, a capital analyst at CFRA Research, said the company will have a difficult time exceeding more than 5% to 10% of the cost to consumers.
“We expect Apple to stop any huge growth in phones until this fall when its iPhone 17 is set to start, as it is usually how it does with the increase in planned prices.”
Even with some products moving in Vietnam and India, most of the iPhones are still in China, and those countries were not saved by tariffs, with Vietnam receiving a 46% tax and India with 26%.
Apple will need to raise its prices by at least 30% on average to compensate for import tasks, according to the co -founder of the Counterpoint Neil Shah study.
A potentially sharp price increase can reduce the smartphone demand and give a south Korean skirt Samsung Electronics, as the Asian country faces tariffs lower than China, where all iPhones sold in JBA are made
“Our rapid math on the day of release of Trump’s tariffs suggests that this can blow up Apple, potentially devoting the company up to $ 40 billion,” noted Crocket Rosenblatt Securities, adding that negotiations between Apple, China and the White House are likely.
“Hard hard for us to imagine Trump by blowing up an American icon … But that seems quite difficult.”
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