Apple's cunning to avoid increasing the price of the iPhone

Apple is found in a very perilous situation due to new customs duties on products imported into the United States decided by Donald Trump. The American company produces a large part of its aircraft, including its iPhone, China, India, Vietnam and Thailand.

Four countries directly affected by the decree. Fortunately for Apple, smartphones and computers are currently exempt from new customs duties on products imported into the United States.A "surcery", according to Donald Trump. The Cupertino firm still seeks to ensure its rear in the event of a new turnaround on the part of the Republican President.What if the salvation of the American company went through Brazil?

Apple is starting to produce the iPhone 16th in Brazil

It's been several years sinceApple seeks to diversify its supply chainin order to no longer depend exclusively on China. India and Vietnam are among the countries in which the American company has intensified its production. The same goes for Brazil, a country rather spared by the new customs duties of Donald Trump with a tax of 10 % only.

For Apple, the escape may be there. According to the Brazilian media Macmagazine, the Cupertino firm has already started to produceThe iPhone 16th in the Foxconn factory in the city of Jundiaí, in the state of São Paulo. Generally, it only begins to produce iPhone several months after their release. Apple would therefore have changed its rifle to adapt to this unstable economy context.

Moreover, the new Brazilian buyers of the iPhone 16th notedThe mention "assembled in Brazil" on their device.Good news not only for consumers residing in Brazil, who can buy a cheaper iPhone 16, because it is exempt from customs duties, but also for the American public. An iPhone 16th made in the country of South America and imported in the United States would only be taxed at 10 % and therefore cheaper than a smartphone from China, for example.

The iPhone 16, whose price could flambéAccording to analysts, perhaps will experience the same fate. Apple intends to intensify its iPhone production in Brazil to the point of making its Jundiaí factoryThe main iPhone 17 provider?Response in a few months.