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iPhone 17 launch in September this year could face a tough time with a possible price hike for buyers but will these changes affect people in India as well? Apple is in a rush to beat the Trump tariff deadline in April so that people don’t have to bear the effect of the new iPhone prices in countries like India and the US as well. However, the tariffs are going to make it tough for the company to avoid passing on the higher costs of production to its consumers. And experts from the industry are very clear about the early picture of how the tariff change will affect the buyers.
So, if you have been waiting for some news regarding the possible iPhone price hikes in India, we have some good and some worrying news this week. The Tariff Effect Industry experts have said that Apple is likely to delay the iPhone price hikes to later this year. Why is that? The company, they say, has managed to source enough iPhone inventory at its disposal that were shipped when the tariffs were low.
This means if you plan to buy the iPhone 16 or the 16 Pro models this year, now would be a good time. But what happens later once the tariffs come into effect? “How much smartphone prices need to increase depends on where a given device is made. For example, India tariffs are at 26 percent, but Brazil is only 10 percent – lowest amongst the key iPhone manufacturing centres .
But Brazil probably doesn’t have enough capacity to fill the gap," as explained by Tarun Pathak, Research Director at Counterpoint Research to News18 Tech. iPhone Price Hike Inevitable? Will people in India also face this situation? Tarun says the iPhone 16 or 15 prices in India will not increase immediately, “as Apple is likely to have some cushion with the existing iPhone stock." However, the iPhone 17 launch this year could see a big impact because of the tariffs and he suggests a price increase of around 30 percent on average, which means people might have to pay around Rs 30,000 more compared to the existing iPhone price range in the country.
The WSJ reported earlier this week that people are making a dash to buy the iPhones, which they might have delayed in anticipation for the iPhone 17 launch in September this year. But Trump has made them change their plans and settle for the existing iPhones now..
