- On Wednesday, a 104 % duty of Chinese goods, imported to the United States, began to apply. On Wednesday evening, this rate jumped up to 125 percent.
- According to calculations from the first day of the American-Chinese customs war on a full scale-cited by CNN-the price of an average iPhone can jump, from about one thousand dollars now, to $ 3,500. dollars. In Polish supermarkets with electronics, the cheapest and the oldest of the currently offered models of this brand can be found for about 2.7 thousand. zloty
- Another important factor is imposed on the confusion with the duties. – There is now a greater traffic on smartphones, because it is a popular communion gift, and there are families who “struggle” on the iPhone for their eight -year -old or nine -year -old – says a salesman from a large network of electronic supermarkets
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– This is a surprise for my daughter Zuzanna. Already for the final exams – says Aneta, who has just ordered a new iPhone in a market with electronic equipment at one of the largest shopping centers of Łódź. – A surprise in the sense that I announced my daughter: “You will pass the exams, you will get this iPhone”, but she does not trust in my promise. And here, please: the iPhone for Zuzanna is already bought!
I talk to Aneta on Wednesday afternoon. The new duties, imposed on China by Donald Trump, the president of the United States, have just started to apply. When we talk, the rate for Chinese goods, imported to America, is 104 percent, and in the evening Trump raised it up to 125 percent. (China did not cover a 90-day postponement, suddenly announced by the president).
Expected Effect in the case of iPhones? On Wednesday – cited by CNN – Dan Ives, an expert from the technology industry, calculated the future price of the average iPhone at around $ 3,500, instead of about a thousand dollars currently. In this way, the iPhone manufacturer would “reflect” the cost of reproducing “a very complex production ecosystem on customers, which currently exists in Asia.” According to the calculations cited by CNN in China, about 90 percent are installed. iPhones ordered for the American Apple concern.
“Orange went crazy with these duties”
– I read all these reports from the states and therefore I did not postpone the purchase decision for my daughter – admits Łódź Aneta. – The clerk said I was not the only one in a similar situation. I heard that Since “orange has gone crazy with these duties” he has been selling 6-10 iPhones a day for one store, i.e. two or three times more than usual.
I check Aneta's revelations at a competitive market, also in Łódź.
– Generally There is now a greater traffic on smartphones, because it is a popular communion gift, and there are families who “jerk” on the iPhone for their eight -year -old or nine -year -old. And it is because of these communions of great promotions for smartphones The headquarters will not plan us now. Unless during the picnic period, so that the shops would not stand empty and that someone would look here between successive grills – explains the Slowly. And indicates the cheapest of the exposed iPhones, “fourteen”, for about 2.7 thousand. zloty.
– You will not find a lower price anymore, we often tell customers here: “Ajfons and Dajsons, goods are rarely discounted” – rhymes the clerk, also referring to the brand of vacuum cleaners, such as an iPhone, considered in your category as “prestigious”.
“Now I would not like to support an American company. But how to explain it to a child?”
After listening to the nursery rhymes, I come across Marcin, the viewer, as a possible customer, iPhones – with two sons of early school age.
– The elder has already collected a specific sum of pocket money and various Christmas presents for a new smartphone. And he would like me to add him to the iPhone now – says Marcin. – I think that this equipment is no longer worth the price. And in addition to Trump's behavior, also regarding security matters in Europe, now I would not like to support an American company. But how do you explain it to your child?
I enter the store of another network.
– For now, the headquarters “holds” our iPhone prices. And it probably tracks what the competition does. Maybe I will bring a glass ball from the facilities, we will look at it together? – suggests the seller. – It may be that I talk to you and the headquarters already approves increases. Or maybe a reduction will fall into customers, because one of the network has low warehouse and will decide to offer one of the models to make the competition with the higher states.
I talked about the influence of Donald Trump on Polish customers, buying smartphones on Wednesday. It was the first day of the American-Chinese customs war on a full-scaleEPA / Sarah Yenessel / PAP
How would such “blackmail” work?
– Suppose we are going down with “fourteen” up to PLN 2,500 – I hear from the interlocutor, who, however, does not go for a ball from the back room. – But we really have this “fourteen” in the tiny magazines and it is actually very difficult to access to customers. Only what? If the customer does not buy “fourteen” in our network, the competition will feel emphasis to get off its price. And he will earn less on its larger resources.
When I admit that I do not quite understand the strategy of “blackmail”, the clerk adds: “The headquarters' policy is sometimes just such” 5D chess “”. And I also hear that the actual storage are always the most guarded secret of “mountains”. And now the warehouse of iPhones can even become the reason for “espionage wars”.
At the end of my chat with sellers – with whom I wondered if it is worth buying an iPhone now – I look at the official salon of this brand.
– And ask me if we plan to open a new point right – encourages the salon employee with a clear blink of an eye. And I hear that older models at such an opening can be cheaper by up to a thousand zlotys, newer – several hundred. And Trump's new duties will not change anything anymore, because it is a action planned for the scandal with customs rates. Only that I should go under the newly opened point at least at dawn, because there will be plenty of willing. And it is not known how many copies at the promotional price “the headquarters will throw.
How many iPhone fans are there in Poland? According to the Smart Barometer 2025 report published on Tuesday – implemented by IQS (consumer research studio) for Bolttech (from the modern technologies sector), 12 percent Poles use iOS in their smartphones – used only by the iPhone manufacturer. The Android system dominates (85 percent) – known from smartphones of such brands as Samsung or Xiaomi.
