Apple to bring iPhone production back? Prices to double?

cawacko said:
The WORST part is the wife and kid are still in Texas so I'm home alone. What did I do with my "freedom" last night? I saw at home reading Phil Knight's new book, went to bed at 8:45 and woke up at 4:45am this morning. WTF?!?! Is this what happens? Your body won't let you sleep in anymore?
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What the hell happened to hooker and coke????????????????????????????
 
Sailor said:
What the hell happened to hooker and coke????????????????????????????
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if i were to start selling jeans and tell my customers "i need double what the other guy is charging to make a profit" I wonder if the consumers will start buying from the other guy or from me.
 
tsuke said:
if i were to start selling jeans and tell my customers "i need double what the other guy is charging to make a profit" I wonder if the consumers will start buying from the other guy or from me.
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Exactly. Would they take into account you are American made and providing (hopefully) decent wages to employees? Providing American jobs? It does not appear in today's society that would mean anything. Just go with the lower price.
 
Althea said:
First...what the fuck are you doing up at 5 a.m? Oh...wait...you're a new father!

We are now losing a trade war, so to quote the Orange Special Needs Clown....'what do we have to lose?' . Yes...it will lower the standard of living, as many will now have to buy only one pair of $125 sneakers, as opposed to three. And those are the people on Welfare.

Everything will be more expensive...I'll grant you that. But, in this country, we don't know the actual cost of anything, as most of what we consume is subsidized by the taxpayer.

When the cost to manufacture here is almost the same as the cost to manufacture overseas, we'll see a better economy.

Or...proper use of the import tax money could create better paying jobs here, so people could afford to pay twice the price for overseas goods.
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A trade war with China isn't going to reduce the cost of manufacturing in the U.S. compared to Vietnam. There isn't an upside to a trade war unless seeing more people poor is the goal.
 
Althea said:
What makes you think it will be a one time policy? Rewarding corporations for bad behavior is going to be the norm for the next 4 years.
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Either there is corporate reform of the tax code or there is a repatriation holiday. And how is it 'bad behavior' for U.S. corporations to keep their money made overseas overseas.
 
Sailor said:
Exactly. Would they take into account you are American made and providing (hopefully) decent wages to employees? Providing American jobs? It does not appear in today's society that would mean anything. Just go with the lower price.
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rright. so no matter what apple gets lower profits. Their choice is whether that profit gets eaten by tariffs or by providing higher wage jobs to americans.
 
tsuke said:
rright. so no matter what apple gets lower profits. Their choice is whether that profit gets eaten by tariffs or by providing higher wage jobs to americans.
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That would be their choice. The question would still remain though, would Americans pay a higher price for it?
 
tsuke said:
if i were to start selling jeans and tell my customers "i need double what the other guy is charging to make a profit" I wonder if the consumers will start buying from the other guy or from me.
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Apple iPhones are incredibly overpriced as it is, Xiaomi, ZTE, One Plus, Huawei and Lenovo make brilliant phones for far less.

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tsuke said:
no? apple will sell at lower prices and make less profits or go out of business. Their choice.
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so the most valuable planet on the company will just go out of business because you want to put a cap on their prices?
 
tsuke said:
no? apple will sell at lower prices and make less profits or go out of business. Their choice.
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That is normally how it goes. Or reduce overhead right? It comes down to how much you really need to make in profit. Once you go public with a company the profit issue is not driven by actual need, it is driven by investors demand for returns.
 
cawacko said:
Surprised there aren't more responses to the basic theme here. Would you be willing to pay double for your iPhone if it were made in the states. Of course this applies to more than just the iPhone in terms of bringing production back.
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No effin' way! Too many options with other carriers. The cost of the phones now is absolutely ridiculous, and not just iPhones I might add.
 
cawacko said:
They are dominating the market. Why do they need to lower prices to be competitive?
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What is it you really want to hear here? If you ask the question and then continue to insist on the game of "Button-button, where is the button, or "Am I warm yet" is an incredible PITA!
 
Midas Whale67 said:
What is it you really want to hear here? If you ask the question and then continue to insist on the game of "Button-button, where is the button, or "Am I warm yet" is an incredible PITA!
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I posted to have a discussion because I think it's an interesting topic. Most new technology starts at a higher price point that only the well to do can afford then becomes cheaper over time for the masses. So all of a sudden we're going to reverse that and say prices are going back up and sorry to you lower income folks? I don't see it
 
cawacko said:
I posted to have a discussion because I think it's an interesting topic. Most new technology starts at a higher price point that only the well to do can afford then becomes cheaper over time for the masses. So all of a sudden we're going to reverse that and say prices are going back up and sorry to you lower income folks? I don't see it
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If Trump cuts corp. tax to 15%, then that ought to also be an incentive to onshore manufacturing.

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