How Trump’s iPhone Plan Could Triple Its Price In The US | First Things Fast
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00:00Donald Trump wants iPhones to be made in America noble idea right except if he
00:09actually pulls this off Americans might need to sell a kidney to buy one nothing's
00:14gonna happen here's the math experts say that shifting iPhone production from
00:18India to the US could triple its cost that sleek $1,000 iPhone congratulations
00:24America you now get it for a sweet $3,000 you could get him on that on May 15th
00:28Trump casually dropped that he told Apple CEO Tim Cook to ditch their plans in
00:33India and bring manufacturing to the US because apparently economics works
00:36differently when Trump says so but here's the plot twist Apple is not moving jobs
00:42from the US to India they are shifting from China to India to avoid depending
00:46on just one country you know strategic business stuff clearly Trump skipped that
00:50briefing if they decide to manufacturing in USA as compared to China India Vietnam a
00:57thousand dollar iPhone would start costing $3,000 are American consumers
01:02willing to pay $3,000 for that iPhone meanwhile Apple churned out over 22
01:08billion dollars worth of iPhones from India just last year they're running
01:11three factories here planning two more and production jumped from rupees 1.2
01:15lakh crore to rupees 1.75 lakh crore this year alone even after Trump's latest
01:19tantrum Apple reassured Indian officials they are not going anywhere probably
01:24because unlike Trump they know a thing or two about sticking to plans bottom line
01:29Trump can treat whatever he wants but reality it's different America might end
01:33up paying three times the price and Trump when he just read that it was the
01:36greatest deal ever good luck trusting that I'm Manish Adikari thank you for
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