Tariffs, Schmariffs! An iPhone 17 Price Hike Is Overdue, Regardless of Trump's Threats

US President Donald Trump wants Apple to manufacture the iPhone, its best-selling product, in the US. And on Friday, he threatened to place a 25% tariff on the phone if the company doesn't make that happen. "I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone's that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else," Trump posted on Truth Social. "If that is not the case, a tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the US." Adding uncertainty to his ultimatum, Trump later said the tariff wouldn't apply to just the iPhone but also to any smartphone made outside the US. "It would be also Samsung and anybody that makes that product," Trump told reporters in the White House on Friday. "Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair." Despite tariffs and politics, the price of the iPhone hasn't changed. But the launch of the rumored iPhone 17 will likely come with a higher price no matter what Trump says ... Read full article.