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(NewsNation) — Some caller iPhone models are debuting astatine higher prices, but that doesn't mean President Donald Trump's tariffs are to blame.
"There's nary summation for tariffs successful the prices to beryllium wholly clear," Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC's Jim Cramer connected Friday.
The remark was a uncommon lawsuit of Cook definitively addressing the nexus betwixt tariffs and iPhone prices.
Earlier this month, Apple unveiled its iPhone 17 lineup, raising the basal terms of the Pro exemplary by $100. However, the entry-level Pro present comes with 256GB of built-in retention compared to 128GB past year, which whitethorn assistance soften the stroke for buyers.
Apple didn't rise the terms of the modular iPhone 17, which costs $799 for 256GB of storage. But the institution scrapped the Plus model, replacing it with a slimmer — and much costly — iPhone Air.
The tech elephantine didn't explicate the terms changes astatine past week's event, but Cook's comments Friday sought to unopen down speculation that tariffs were down them.
Trump has repeatedly called connected Apple to marque iPhones successful America and threatened a 25% tariff if that doesn't happen. Analysts pass that if iPhones were made domestically, prices would soar.
Instead, Apple has been shifting its iPhone proviso concatenation to India, distant from China. The institution has besides pledged to invest $600 billion domestically implicit the adjacent 4 years, with Cook and Trump appearing unneurotic successful the announcement.
While Cook insists the latest terms hikes aren't tariff-related, the institution has felt the interaction of the president's commercialized policies.
Apple expects to look $1.1 cardinal successful tariff-related costs this quarter, connected apical of $800 cardinal from the erstwhile three-month period, Cook said connected a recent net call.
The caller iPhone 17 lineup and iPhone Air deed store shelves worldwide connected Friday. These are the starting prices for each caller model:
- iPhone 17: $799 (256GB)
- iPhone Air: $999 (256GB)
- iPhone 17 Pro: $1,099 (256GB)
- iPhone 17 Pro Max: $1,199 (256GB)
