All your favorite tech is soon going to hit the wall of tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump.
Unfortunately these are some of the countries that tech companies rely on most for manufacturing.
So for now, you may still find all your tech at the pre-tariff price.
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But dont expect the current prices to last.
Its better to assume companies will raise prices sooner rather than later.
In February, major PC and machine makerAcer announced it was raising pricesby around 10% due to tariffs.
Imagine if the base iPhone 16 cost over $1,100? That could be the state of affairs after Trump tariffs. © Florence Ion / Gizmodo
Its only a matter of time before they go even higher.
Apple relies on Vietnam for much of its manufacturing.
A report fromReutersbased on industry analyst predictions proposed a $1,142 price tag for theiPhone 17under these new tariffs.
Thats close to $350 more expensive than an$800 iPhone 16.
The Cheeto-in-chief suggested on Friday he could impose tariffsspecifically targeting semiconductorsvery soon.
This would take already expensive tech and make it untenable for most consumers in the U.S.
It takes time to build up the manufacturing apparatus, especially something as complicated as chips.
Trump recently pushed anexecutive orderthat would punish companies by withholding CHIPS funding if they didnt invest in U.S. manufacturing.
As noted byCNN, modern cars rely on more than 1,000 semiconductor chips with some having over 3,000.
Theres no upside here.
The tariffs are already incentivizing layoffs at companies like Stellantis.
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