The week starts with an oxygen ball for consumer technology manufacturers. Trump has approved A 90 -day extension for electronic devicesreleasing Apple and other great manufacturers of the 125% tariff imposed on China. The United States has made it clear that it is a temporary measure, so this changing scenario will follow its frantic rhythm in the coming weeks.
This means that, finished the pause and if it does not end up reaching agreements, the prices of consumer electronics as we know it are destined to change. If companies cannot be profitable in a key market like the United States, the margins are wobble.
In the hands of exceptions. There was a very clear name when applying possible tariff exemptions: Apple. The Trump administration movement would deeply hurt a company whose supply chain, despite diversification efforts, It was located mainly in China.
An iphone of 2,300 dollarsa production chain staggering and uncertainty about the product strategy and a second worldwide manufacturer also damaged: Samsung and 46% tariff to Vietnam. A scenario that made it inevitable that a scenario of strong price increases be drawn.
No one breathes calmly. Trump’s measures are temporary, and the 10% global tariff could change in just a few hours or days. Be that as it may, with the current cards on the table, the 90 -day exemption does not change the final photo: companies will have to diversify and move token as quickly as possible to demociate their production from China as soon as possible.
There is a clear winner in this storm of possible (and more than probable) price increases in Spain: The second hand. A market that has been taking special strength in our country for years, and in which an even more bunder of consumer electronics would mean a boom.
Spain and the second hand. In Spain We bought less and less new mobilesand the first week of the month is a peak of notable activity for Platforms like Wallapop.
Buy used is not just buying individuals, platforms such as Back Market They have been playing for years, especially in our country. The Product demand used is upwith the iPhone as one of the main protagonists is Smartphone territory.
The used iPhone, a global icon. The iPhone is the king of the second -hand market not only in Spain, but worldwide. In addition to being the reference smartphone FOR GENERATION Z It is, technically, the telephone that best ages the market, both for the constant Rhythm of updates as for him Premeditated excess power with which he has everyday tasks.
But it is not alone. Recorded companies and second -hand platforms are an access road for the economic product, How much works in Spain (Xiaomi), even more.
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