$3,500 iPhones?

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It is long past time to do away with 529’s and students loans. You do not need a college degree to work in a factory.

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Anonymous wrote:Americans have had a good life for a long time, they had no idea how good it was because majority don’t travel and can’t compare. They are about to find out soon.

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Some of you are just dying for this to happen, aren’t you.

No, some of you are just dying to “make it happen”, we are warning you at every turn but you are determined to FAFO.

Um…I am not a Trump voter.

Go work in a Trump factory.

And why would I do that?

Because you want to fully support our Dear Leader and this is one of the ways to show fealty.

You are a moron. I literally said I am not a Trump voter.

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Anonymous wrote:Americans have had a good life for a long time, they had no idea how good it was because majority don’t travel and can’t compare. They are about to find out soon.

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Some of you are just dying for this to happen, aren’t you.

No, some of you are just dying to “make it happen”, we are warning you at every turn but you are determined to FAFO.

Um…I am not a Trump voter.

Go work in a Trump factory.

And why would I do that?

Because you want to fully support our Dear Leader and this is one of the ways to show fealty.

You are a moron. I literally said I am not a Trump voter.

Please stop spamming the thread with noise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this kind of thing truly does happen, in 2026 the Democrats will easily roll to victory in Congress. Then they can step up and actually behave like Congress by taking back the power to levy tariffs. If they play their cards right, that will set them up well for the next presidential election as well. America's economic saviors sounds good as a party tagline, right?

- conservative with no party these days who thinks this is insanity

Expensive iphones will be more painful for us than for Republicans. Republicans will just buy phones from Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg. But for many of us it’s…iphone or look poor. And now that will be even more true. I’d definitely spend $2000 to avoid being seen with a poor person alternative phone. Not sure about $3500

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe $3500 iPhones are good - it will drive competition and make people think before upgrading to a new phone every year which is a disaster for the environment. We love our cheap stuff but has anyone really sat down and thought about whether it actually is good or bad in the long run?

I’m too busy thinking about the planned obsolescence: like security upgrades that first take up space and then can’t be downloaded at all for older iPhones.

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We really screwed up as a country if it would cost $3500 to make an iPhone here.

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Anonymous wrote:For all others, there's Android.

Is that made in the US? Because it will get expensive too.

99.9% of all phones are made outside of the US

Samsung - South Korea & Vietnam
HTC - Tiawan & Vietnam
Lenovo - India & China
Motorola - India & China
Pixel - Tiawan, China, and India

The only mobile phone models 100% made in the USA are the Librem 5 USA and Liberty Phone made by Purism. It is not iOS or Android based. It runs a proprietary OS called PureOS. And if you've never heard of it, you're not alone. So far only T-Mobile allows it on their network. Conspiracy theorists are big fans of this phone and company. They call themselves Purists and the only reason why MAGAs aren't bigger users of these phone models is because of their prices. The Librem 5 USA costs $1999 and the Liberty Phone costs $2199. I work in digital forensics. Purism likes to tout that they are the anti-big brother phone, but their reliance on open-source tech and their proprietary OS makes the phone pretty unsecure. They market it as having "kill switches" to make it super secure, but when I finally got my hands on one last year, all 3 software I use got me full dumps and access to everything on the phone. Lease secure phone I've encountered, lol.

How about the Light Phone?

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Anonymous wrote:Wired reports that iPhones could cost $3500 if Trump forces the parts to be made here.

But maybe he will follow through on his plan to stick Americans into a prison in El Salvador and then force them all to make phones for free? /s

Hope this loser president goes away.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/tech/apple-iphones-cost-tariffs-impact-intl-hnk/index.html

Current price of iphones is already expensive and not because of the cost of labor and materials. Don't be stupid. You know well that margins have to be maintained to pad the pockets of shareholders. You underestimate the good old greed. Prices come down when nobody is buying. There is always somehow "room for sales", haven't you noticed?

Also, whenever there is hype and "shortage" and we are told to expect higher prices, higher prices inevitably come, hmm. Fools will be charged whatever they are willing to pay.

[Anonymous]

iPhone users have 43% higher salaries than Android users

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dcurbanmoms are NOT going to give up iPhones, I don’t care how much they cost

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android phones are for the poors

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Anonymous wrote:android phones are for the poors

They are for people who actually buy their phones like in Europe or Asia. In the US the cost of your phone is hidden in your monthly phone bill. It’s like leasing an expensive car- price does not matter. iPhone users really do not know how much an iPhone cost.

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Anonymous wrote:If this kind of thing truly does happen, in 2026 the Democrats will easily roll to victory in Congress. Then they can step up and actually behave like Congress by taking back the power to levy tariffs. If they play their cards right, that will set them up well for the next presidential election as well. America's economic saviors sounds good as a party tagline, right?

- conservative with no party these days who thinks this is insanity

Expensive iphones will be more painful for us than for Republicans. Republicans will just buy phones from Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg. But for many of us it’s…iphone or look poor. And now that will be even more true. I’d definitely spend $2000 to avoid being seen with a poor person alternative phone. Not sure about $3500

you are dumb to do that. It's like keeping up with the joneses except it's to avoid looking like "the poors". I guess if you have money to throw away....

Electronic items like smart phones are not designed to last more than 3 years; 5 at best. I used to keep my phone until the OS stopped updating. But, now a days, there's so much stuff in the software that the system starts slowing down after 3 years.

-Trump hater

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Anonymous wrote:android phones are for the poors

I hate all apple products and how they lock you in. Apple is like a dictator.

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Anonymous wrote:android phones are for the poors

I hate all apple products and how they lock you in. Apple is like a dictator.

You sound poor