1 week Ago By James Paul
The Trump Tariff war has major repercussions that tech giants with their assembly lines in non-American companies were hardly prepared for. The Made in USA clarion call by the 47th President of the United States, while imposing reciprocal tariffs on its go-to production house, China, will now cost companies like Apple dearly. Amid the fiasco, the Tim Cook-led company has reportedly flown five aircraft filled with iPhones from India and other markets.
The operation was done in late March, ahead of the Liberation Day Tariff announcement by Donald Trump. Per a TOI report, Apple shipped stocks from its manufacturing and assembling units in India to the warehouses in the USA. This would ensure the iPhone prices will temporarily not suffer the brutal brunt of Trump’s tariff.
The prices will be hiked eventually. China was slapped with a 54% tariff on April 5th, whereas India earned a 26% reciprocal tariff. Amid China’s retaliatory tariff against the reciprocal Tariff, the billionaire president has imposed a whopping 104% tariff back at Beijing.
See Also: Donald Trump’s Retaliatory Tariff Is Gonna Cost iPhones Rs 1.71 Lakh More? Here’s How See Also: Trump’s Tariffs Causes Bloodbath At Dalal Street As Global Exchanges Crash; Internet Copes With Memes Reactions poured in with netizens dropping Pablo Escobar memes. One user jibed, “ Trillion-dollar company with the tax planning skills of a college drug dealer.
” Another wrote, “ This is the future: iPhone trafficking. I’d never ever be a drug trafficker, but an electronic trafficker .” “ Apple trafficking their own iPhones is hilarious to me, ” a user could not believe the irony of the event unfolding in real time.
Yet another asked, “ How is that different than smuggling cocaine into the country if you really think about it...
? ” A handful of users made rough estimates regarding the valuation of the iPhone shipments. “ If we assume around 400k iPhones made it onto each cargo plane (low-end max capacity for each) and go with around a $1000 valuation for each phone, those planes were carrying around $2 billion+ in product, ” concluded one user. Another estimated, “ Approximately 4 million iPhones (4,069,765) could fit in 5 Boeing 747-8 Freighters, assuming they’re packed efficiently and the plane is loaded to its maximum payload capacity.
“ Trillion dollar company with the tax planning skills of a college drug dealer. — Zafda (@ZafdaOne) April 8, 2025 This is the future, iPhone trafficking, I’d never ever be a drug trafficker, but an electronic trafficker, I’m in 🚬, I’ll be the Pablo Escobar of the iPhone & Nintendo switch 2 traffic — xx.johis.
xx 🔮 (@lwayreed) April 8, 2025 how is that different than smuggling cocaine into the country if you really think about it...
— scheme (@tigerwav) April 8, 2025 If we assume around 400k iPhones made it onto each cargo plane (low-end max capacity for each) and go with around a $1000 valuation for each phone - those planes were carrying around $2 billion+ in product. — Apollo Alto ❄🐺 || VTuber (@Apollo_VT) April 8, 2025 Oh so we're snuggling iPhones now? pic.twitter.
com/qJlllkhOg4 — Bean&Cheese Burito (@Sevilla12Juan) April 8, 2025 Approximately 4 million iPhones (4,069,765) could fit in 5 Boeing 747-8 Freighters, assuming they’re packed efficiently and the plane is loaded to its maximum payload capacity. — Legacy Architect (@ColinEdsman) April 8, 2025 Apples Trafficking their own IPhones is hilarious to me 😂😂😂 — DonatelloThaGr8 (@DonatelloThaGr8) April 8, 2025 See Also: ‘India Very Very Tough’ President Trump Takes A Swipe At ‘Friend’ Modi While Imposing Tariffs: Watch Cover: Patrick Gawande / Mashable India.
