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Title: Forget tariffs, Apple highest luxury tax ever has already pushed prices to the breaking point Post by: HCK on September 19, 2018, 04:05:19 pm Forget tariffs, Apple highest luxury tax ever has already pushed prices to the breaking point
<article> <section class="page"> <p><strong>Update 09/17/18:</strong> This article has been updated with a report that Apple Watch and AirPods will be exempt from the latest round of tariffs.</p><p>By now, everyone’s had a chance to check out the new iPhones and Apple Watches, study the differences, read reactions, and figure out which one they’re going to buy (https://www.macworld.com/article/3305584/apple-phone/iphone-xr-vs-iphone-xs-max-specs.html). And Apple has no doubt already sold millions of millions of them since pre-orders went live early Friday morning.</p><p>If you bought one, you might have noticed something: you’re paying more. In some cases a lot more. Apple’s newest iPhone and Apple Watch lineup are its most expensive ever—as Tim Cook would say, “by far”—and based on the latest pre-order shipping estimates, customers so far seem more than happy to pay them. In fact, if you order a 512GB iPhone Xs Max right now, you probably won’t get it until October. The same goes for the new Apple Watch, even the sky-high Hermes models.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3305785/apple/apple-tax-2018.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Forget tariffs, Apple highest luxury tax ever has already pushed prices to the breaking point (https://www.macworld.com/article/3305785/apple/apple-tax-2018.html#tk.rss_all) |