1. First, Apple is expected to press suppliers to provide better rates on ingredients and assembly. The long financial lever gives it to the partners some fields to negotiate.
2. Second, Apple may absorb a small portion of the same additional costs – with the margins of health devices about 45 %, has space for maneuver.
3. Third, it is said that internal discussions occur about setting iPhone prices, although Apple may try to avoid making the price address iPhone 17 this fall.
4. Finally, there is an ongoing batch to expand production in countries such as Brazil and India that does not see the same sharp definitions-although expansion there quickly will not be easy, especially for the pro-level devices.

Will other OEMS to smartphones be hit hard?

Unlikely. Samsung is still building in South Korea and Vietnam, and the Google hardware team has expanded its horizons in India. If Apple is forced to raise prices and not its competitors, this may give others a temporary-special advantage in the price sensitive parts. There is a lot of riding on how to play this Apple. The company has already shown in markets such as Japan and the United Kingdom that it is not afraid to raise prices when necessary due to currency attacks or taxes. But in the United States, where the iPhone pricing was almost sacred for years, a small increase would indicate a significant shift.

If the apples end up raising the base quietly iPhone 17 The professional price, perhaps by changing storage levels again or providing a new feature for professionals that justify it, can escape a major violent reaction. But if the prices rise significantly, this may end until the biggest story – not the way you want Apple.