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The United States is creating “the iPhone of AI”. China is doing “the Android of AI”

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There is an interesting paradox in the current development of AI that says more about geopolitics than about technology: USAtraditionally leader in proprietary software and monetization, is building closed models of AI. Chinahistorically more restrictive with the flow of information, it is leading the open source AI. An investment that is not accidental: each block adopts the strategy that best serves its structural interests. → United States (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google), is building the equivalent of the IPhone of the AI: Very sophisticated systems. Vertical integration. PUPLE POLIDED PREMIUM EXPERIENCES that justify charging for access. The logic is clear: when you control the best GPUS, the main cloud services and you have the capital to train the most advanced models, monetizing that advantage through payment APIs makes immediate economic sense. It is the model that has holding American software for decades. → China, on the other hand, with Deepseek, Qwen and Minimax Mastering the rankings of open models, it is creating the Android of the AI: A free and modifiable ecosystem. Downloadable for local use without depending on payment APIS. Permissive licenses without business restrictions, Unlike Meta with Flame. Accessible source code for independent research and development. As we said at the timethis approach is not due to altruism, nor by cultural difference. It is a strategy based on creating global dependence on a Stack Chinese technological when American becomes inaccessible. Or at least, to present it as a very attractive alternative even before seeing its results. It is true that he calls is American and is also in the league of the greats being open source (With an asterisk of the size of Mestalla). A habitual hypothesis also seems feasible: that target was released precisely because it was behind. The classic defensive strategy to erode the advantage of leaders. China does it from another position: growing strength. And in addition, having to deal with access restrictions to western markets. When your rival controls chips and cloud platforms, and can cut the tap at any time, the only way to create an alternative ecosystem is to make it so accessible that the world cannot ignore it. Soft Power Technological: give today to dominate tomorrow. That, or cling to developing markets plus the gigantic domestic market. This is how Huawei stopped competing to build a parallel reality. The numbers speak alone. According to the Benchmarks of artificial analysis (based in California, not in Shenzen), The three best open source models leave China. Each startup that Depseek uses instead of GPT, each country of the southern hemisphere that displays Chinese models because they are free, each university that trains over Qwen instead of Claude, is another node of the ecosystem that the United States cannot censor, regulate or disconnect unilaterally. It is a story very similar to that of The slow but unstoppable Chinese independence of GPS: In two decades it is no longer that I do not need it, it is that Beidou has reached 140 countries. It is also true that There are traps in both strategies: The American model generates immediate income but creates incentives for the rest of the world to look for alternatives, especially when commercial wars are intensified. Competence. The Chinese model conquers users but at some point it will need to monetize without frightening its base. The latter is something that Google learned with Android for the bad ones: after conquering 70% of the world, it began to monetize it aggressively and ended up receiving huge fines in Europe, antitrust demands in the United States and Chinese alternatives … as Harmonyos de Huawei. The circle closes. The lesson is that giving technology to create dependence works, but monetize that dependence once established attracts the attention that nobody wants: that of regulators. It is the dilemma that China will eventually face its “free” models of AI. The real battle is not for today’s best, but to control the Intellectual infrastructure Tomorrow. The United States sells the premium service. China gives the universal operating system. And the outcome will be that of two historically successful, but opposite philosophies: the American persistence by aggressively monetizing in front of Chinese patience to invest decades if necessary until it can lead. Immediate income against long -term dependence. Time will say. In Xataka | Four AI companies are monopolizing the intellectual future of humanity. They are not good news Outstanding image | Ilgmyzin in UnspashAlibaba, Xataka

return to its owner the iPhone that had stolen

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That they stole your mobile, look for another resemblance in Wallapop and end up finding you who stole it from you. It is something that happened in Roquetas de Mar, according to the judgment of the Criminal Court number 5 of Almería. A curious case in which the play did not go too well. Theft. The thief, who had not yet been identified, forced the door of a vehicle that was parked. After opening it, I stole a bag, several keys and … a iPhone 15 pro max valued at more than 1,300 euros. The Criminal Code states that, in the event that the stolen object exceeds 400 euros, a prison sentence is established. Looking for the mobile. A common practice in Spain is Sell ​​in Wallapop The stolen, and the victim was more than aware. Therefore, he set out to look for the phone on the platform … until he seemed to have found it. The owner of the same agreed to be at a meeting point with the seller to check whether or not the mobile was stolen. Indeed, it was, after what he called the Civil Guard and managed to retain the thief until he was identified and arrested. I have not done anything, honor. The head of the event did not even appear at the trial, held in his absence. Despite this, the magistrate considered that she acted with profit and illicit origin of the phone, declaring him guilty of a Reception crime. In other words, he is condemned for selling a phone knowing that he was stolen, but he could not directly prove his direct participation in the subtraction. The court thus imposed a six -month prison sentence that can still be appealed. Wallapop and scams. Although Wallapop, with the necessary precautions, is a safe place in which to buy second -hand products, products and scams are the order of the day. Not too long, We knew of scam cases in Galicia. The buyer acquired our iPhone, commented that it was blocked by Icloud and promised to return the phone made of money. Obviously, the iPhone never returned back, staying both the phone and the money it had paid. What to do if it happens to you. In the event that the iPhone is stolen, the first step is to denounce the authorities to record. Trying to locate it on your own and stay with the thief is a fairly risky strategy, although there is a solution that allows you to have no contact. If your mobile is linked to an ICloud account (in Android it is easier to format even if it has Google) it is quite complicated that they have managed to close it: these mobiles are usually sold very cheap because they are blocked. You just have to stay with the seller, know that he is in certain location, and look for the iPhone From the network search. If the GPS tells you the position, you can call the authorities without establishing contact at any time. Image | Xataka In Xataka | What can I do to protect myself from my mobile is lost or steal from me

The US already has its first smartphone made in the US. Bad news for the dream of a “100% American iPhone”

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Purism has called it Liberty Phonebut in addition to that liberating name this phone stands out for something very special: it is assembly In the United States. The good news is that it shows that it is possible to manufacture an iPhone within the US borders. That may make the government of this country happy, but in reality practically everything is bad news. A mobile “made in USA” (more or less). As they explain In The Wall Street Journalthe Liberty Phone motherboard is manufactured in the Purism facilities, the main chip comes from Texas, and the assembly is carried out at the plant that the company has in Carlsbad, California. Other components come from China and other countries in Asia, but in essence we are facing a telephone that meets the demands of the Donald Trump government. Not for those. Todd Weaver, CEO of Purism, explained in WSJ how it has been working for 10 years and has done everything possible to have a 100% mobile component of US components, “but but There are some pieces which simply do not have supply chain. “their intention, however, is to continue working so that in the end they all come from US suppliers. Its scale is tiny. Even with these difficulties, Purism is able to face this manufacturing process because it produces about 10,000 units per month and have sold less than 100,000 in total. In 2024 Apple sold Something more than 230 million mobiles, about 19 million a month. Manufacturing all of them in the US makes clear the amount of resources that would need to transfer the country. Of course: the CEO of Purism clarifies that the production could upload up to 100,000 units per month in six months if you need it. And it is not even a latest generation mobile. The Liberty Phone chip is an I.MX 8m from the Dutch company NXP semiconductor that occurs in an Austin plant, in Texas, and that is not even thought for mobiles, but for cars. Other components such as the screen and battery come from China, while the rear camera comes from South Korea. The operating system is Pure OS, a variant of Debian Linux that is not compatible with Android or iOS and that has a very limited application catalog And it costs 2,000 dollars. Weaver states that manufacturing the Liberty Phone costs $ 650 – the estimated hardware cost on the iPhone 16 Pro is 550 dollars – but Purism sells it for a much higher price. According to him, the $ 1,999 that it costs – and that in its 4 GB version of RAM and 128 GB of storage – reflects its orientation: it is a mobile specially prepared to maintain user privacy. In fact, half of Purism’s clients are US government agencies. The iPhone and tariffs. Liberty Phone is a clear example of how Apple and its users could affect the demand of the Trump government to manufacture the iPhone in the United States. One of the big problems It is the fact that the components that this mobile needs are not manufactured in the US, or do not do it on a large scale. The efforts of companies such as TSMC to create production plants in the North American country It will mitigate the problembut it won’t eliminate it. Specialized labor. But there is another even greater problem: manufacturing millions of iPhone in the United States would force specialized labor. China has become the Great World Factory of technological devices, not only by cheap labor – which was originally – but for its qualification. Before a practically insurmountable situation, Apple has chosen to manufacture in India Most iPhone who end up selling in the US. That will expose some sensitive tariffsbut even so It will be cheaper than manufacturing them in the US or facing the huge tariffs applied to Chinese imports. Mission almost impossible. The example of the iPhone is clear, but there is a especially striking one: The T1 Phone which was announced a week ago told us about a completely assembled mobile in the US, and that would also have specifications Very notable (although it does not indicate which soc will rule it). The surprising thing is that the mobile will theoretically cost $ 499 and will be available in August, but it seems absolutely impossible to do so fulfilling all those promises. Everything points to an obvious solution: that in reality that mobile that presumes to be manufactured in the US is not manufactured in the US, but rather – like almost always – in China. In Xataka | The Ford Factory in Almussafes had been in a permanent strip and loosen for years. Now has another problem: tariffs

The iPhone camera had me to my noses. Until Google Pixel’s father arrived to fix it

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I’ve been loading with me for some time Canon R7 Every time I’m on a trip. The reason is easy: I am very tired of the photos of the iPhone 16 Pro. It is not an exclusive problem of this phone, After analyzing all high -end cameras I have been reaching the same conclusion for years: it is of no use to improve the hardware if the defendant is still bad. And why do I consider it bad? Because with sensors that touch the inch and processors more powerful than those of a computer, mobile phones should be closer to a SRFLEX than of the same photos they made five years ago. Almost 10 years ago, there was a company that wanted to change everything with the “computational photography.” That company was Google, who launched in 2016 Google Pixel. In his day, it was a milestone: a mobile that took advantage of artificial intelligence (although at that time there was not so much emphasis on that word) to take much above those of his rivals. At the head of the photography team for the Google Pixel was Marc Levoy, currently an adobe worker. After a few years in silence he has done what no manufacturer has wanted to do: squeeze to the limit the power of a mobile to teach us what he can really do. Why is it important. Adobe has announced very discreetly Indigo Projectan app that applies as we had never seen the principles of computational photography to the iPhone. Until now, no such radical attempt had been made: this application consumes many resources and shows results that, until now, did not seem possible in the automatic mode of a phone. Is the best sample of The stagnant that manufacturers carry (including Google) in mobile photography. And although we spend more than 1,000 euros in a telephone, The camera is always well below what I could really do. Levoy himself makes it clear in his publication: “People often complain about the” appearance of the smartphone “: too bright, low contrast, high color saturation, strong softened and strong sharpness. This prosecuted comes, in part, for the most mainstream user preferences. But when someone spends a grassland on a phone (and in Europe we are doing it more than ever), this begins to be a problem. What is project indigo. This is a free app developed by Adobe Labs and led, among others, by Marc Levoy. The most nerd can enjoy manual controls, but the average user will not have to worry about anything: it is a “normal and current” with which you open, aim and shoot. The key is that, when he takes the photo, he is doing something completely different from what Apple does. This is what Indigo can do with a RAW from the iPhone. At all rag. A few years ago, when Apple talked about Smart HDR, the company showed combinations of up to 9 images to get a photo in HDR. The current number is not known, but Apple’s HDR has not improved substantially in recent years. Levoy does make clear how his app works: 32 PHOTOS IN RAW to create only one, neither more nor less. Combining 32 frames to create a single photo is a very high figure. Thanks to this, less noise is achieved in shadow areas, less reflections, and less overexposure (white parts, very burned), using more low-exposite frames. Thanks to having so many information, the textures are maintained better, the reduction of software noise is less necessary, and the softened is minimized. MAPOO DE TONESO NUGUAL | What can be achieved with a correct tones mapping. Going beyond. Another of the big problems of current photography has to do with HDR, and how shadow areas are crushed (or, vice versa, everything is burned) in scenes that require a high dynamic range. To avoid the classic (and unpleasant) forced HDR effect, this app has its own tone mapping (a fundamental process to obtain information on luminosity and color when dealing with HDR content). In other less complex words: this app processes as adobe wants, And not as Apple wants. The zoom. Indigo’s last key has to do with the zoom, one of the historical weak points of the iPhone. This application, without us noticing, takes multiple photos constantly while it is open (do not fear for your storage, until you shoot the final photo and processed, nothing is saved). This allows, when we take a photo with zoom, they can be combined to obtain a final in more detail. When to use this app. Everything looks great with Indigo, until you wonder how it is possible that a mobile can take 32 photos and process them without flinching. It is not so easy. This application puts the iPhone to work to the fullest, which can cause it to hot, especially in summer. Despite this, if you have time to take a good photo (it takes a few seconds to process) and want to escape that mobile look, this camera is practically perfect. His own developers consider it as an experimental camera app, and in their first phase of development it will be completely free. It is compatible with all iPhone from 12, and it is planned to end up landing on Android soon. Despite being experimental app, it has a great future ahead. Its developers claim that they want to load it with personalized looks, computational video functions, and improvements they show in the potential of well -applied computational photography. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Best iPhone. Which to buy in 2025 and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price

Five offers to take advantage of the iPhone, IMAC campaign, accessories and more

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Mediamarkt has launched new Apple Days, a store campaign that focuses on Apple’s devices and accessories and that, on this occasion, we can see very good prices in certain products. It is worth mentioning that the campaign will be active Until next June 20 at 09:00 hours. iPhone 16E by 599 eurosthe most economical Apple mobile has dropped even more price at its configuration of 128 GB. IMAC M4 by 1,369 eurosa powerful desktop computer that mounts the m4 chip. iPhone 16 by 939 eurosthe mobile of the current Apple generation has dropped in price in its 256 GB configuration. MacBook Air M4 by 1,039 eurosa potent and thin portable computer that mounts the m4 chip. AIRTAG by 99.99 eurosThe Apple locator now has a good discount on its pack with four units. iPhone 16E Although it has certain shortcomings, the iPhone 16E It is the cheapest mobile of the current Apple generation and a good entrance door to access its ecosystem. It is not compatible with Magsafe and only comes with a main sensor in the back, but in return it is compatible with Apple Intelligenceincludes the same chip as the iPhone 16 And it is a very compact mobile. In addition, it has now dropped even more price during Apple Days. The best value for money is in its base configurationbut the others also have a discount: * Some price may have changed from the last review IMAC M4 Although many prefer MacBook for their portable format, IMAC are a very good purchase option. During the Apple Days we can find the IMAC M4 which was launched in 2024: includes the M4 chip Apple, so it is compatible with Apple Intelligence, has both 16 GB of unified memory and 256 GB of SSD and includes a 4.5K retina screen 24 inches and a mouse and an Apple Magic keyboard. All this for 1,369 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review iPhone 16 If the iPhone 16E does not convince you, the iPhone 16 is also a very good purchase option, especially if we take into account that it has dropped in price during the Apple Days of Mediamarkt. It is a powerful mobile that mounts the A18 Bionic chip and has a compact 6.1 -inch compact format. Despite what The best quality-price configuration is 256 GBit should be mentioned that it has also dropped in price in other configurations: * Some price may have changed from the last review MacBook Air M4 Apple laptops could not miss. In the Mediamarkt campaign we can also find offer the MacBook Air M4 that this year has been launched: it is quite thin, it rides a 13.6 inches screeninternally comes with the M4 chipso it offers good power and compatibility with Apple Intelligence. Although in the 256 GB configuration it is cheaper in Amazon (1,019 euros), It should be mentioned that the laptop has dropped price in Mediamarkt in two configurations: MacBook Air M4 (2025, 256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review AIRTAG He AIRTAG It is a quite useful Apple accessory to have the wallet, a backpack or suitcase and even the keys. It integrates with the search network, it has good autonomy, Your battery can change And during the Apple Days of Mediamarkt we can find this locator, although the pack with four units has a better value for money: Apple 4 AIRTAG package * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Mediamarkt and Buyardation (header), Apple In Xataka | Best iPhone. Which to buy in 2025 and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price In Xataka | GPS locator purchase guide: tips and recommendations to succeed and seven models from 30 euros

Why your iPhone is going to go directly from iOS 18 to iOS 26, and why it makes all the way

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Apple has just taught us the next software news that will arrive at the iPhone in September. The next version of iOS comes with a redesign to which Liquid Glass have baptized (And to which they have dedicated a good time from the presentation), but without a doubt the most striking change of this year is that the next version It will not be called iOS 19but iOS 26. We tell you the reason behind this decision and no, Apple has not been the first to do so. Jump from iOS 18 to iOS 26 makes sense Since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007, Apple has increased the numbering of one by one: iOS, iOS 2, iOS 3, iOS 4 … until you reach the current iOS 18. One more year, one more version, it makes sense. So, Why jump eight numbers suddenly? Apple wants to unify all its product ranges. All new software versions will be number 26. The problem of this logic is that they have done the same with the rest of their product lines, regardless of when they have been launched. Thus, the current versions of the Apple ecosystem are as follows: iOS 18, Ipados 18, Macos 15, Watchos 11 and Visionos 2. Come on, a mess. Apple’s intention is to unify all its product ranges, that is, that all new software versions will carry number 26. And why the 26? For the year (yes, iOS 26 will arrive in September 25, but in practice “you will live” more time in 2026). Samsung Did It First It is not the first time that we see a change like that of iOS 26. Samsung already did when in 2020 They made the jump of Samsung Galaxy S10 to the Samsung Galaxy S20. Since then the number has been increasing year after year, so in 2026 we will have the Galaxy S26. Apple’s change can make all the meaning -it is easier to communicate, it is better understood and allows us to locate immediately the year in which each version was presented. But it is also true that they arrive a little late and that starting this unification with the 26 makes it A very high and less manageable starting figure. There is also the detail that Each operating system is still called in a different way. Other brands in the sector have also unified nomenclature (Samsung did it with One UI, Xiaomi with Hyperos or Huawei with Harmonyos), although it does not seem that Apple will follow that path, at least not for the moment. Cover image | Álvaro García (Applesfera) In Xataka | Steve Jobs merged three devices on the iPhone. China is doing the same with its industrial revolution

The world seeks that pot with AI that ends up replacing the iPhone. China already prepares to win that war

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The Holy Grail of Hardware with AI. In recent days, the OpenAI project, which has Bought the Jony Ive design company To create a mysterious Hardware of AI device. There is also a clear interest in the segment of the connected glasses and with AI: what Google presented with Project Atlas and with their Android XR glasses He is also promising. Those developments start from the US, but they will not be alone. Not much less. Hi, Lightsail. Dong Hongguang, employee number 89 of Xiaomi and who for years was head of the customization layer of the Xiaomi, He has just created his own company. It is called Lightsail (光帆科技) —Guangfan Technology – and its goal is to create a device with AI. It has completed two modest investment rounds of 18 million dollars in total, but after the project are Catl, Afterhokz, Goertek and Gigadevice. A diverse team. Lightsail has a promising team, since he has hired former employees of Xiaomi, Huawei, Bytedance, Alibaba or Tencent. All of them have worked in fields such as operating systems, AI and device integration. The support of the aforementioned companies is also key: the company ensures the support of technological partners that provide the components to create that future device. AI AGENTS ALWAYS. The objective, Explain The analyst Rui Ma, is to create a wearable in which to integrate an agricultural purpose of general purpose. Or what is the same: that this hardware device –A pendant? A AI HUMAN PIN -type clip?– Allows a constant voice interaction in which AI is responsible for solving all kinds of doubts and tasks. A future full of wearables with AI. Companies such as Lightsail state that in about five years wearables will stop limited to specific tasks to be a total interface to interact with AI. For now, the Software Components is somewhat green, and does not allow dynamic coordination and multimodality support that something like this would need. China is super strong in glasses. In the short term the most promising product are glasses with AI, and in China that market is about to exploit. There are “five dragons” of augmented reality In this country with notable products, and the rhythm they are developing and powerful models is frantic. Xreal, Rayneo, Rokid, Ingo and Meizu are the great protagonists of a segment that is in full boiling. Trying to unseat the mobile. There are several companies in China and the United States that are working on these hardware devices with AI, and what is raised is the definitive witness change that could leave the mobile in the background. At the moment what we have seen has been a disaster: Both the Rabbit R1 and the Humane Ai Pin proved to be very greenand our mobile phones are still today great devices. In fact, they are still clear candidates to be the center of our experience with AI. Magic Leap promised too much. Then the disappointments arrived. Beware of expectations. The aforementioned failures of the first hardware devices with AI have left a worrying sensation: better not to trust the promises of this type of products. Both promised benefits that were later worse, and there was an over -dimensioning of expectations. We live it in the past with that disappoint with the augmented reality of Magic Leap. Sam Altman’s speech and Jony Ive follow that pattern, and according to the OpenAi CEO what they are creating will be “the most amazing piece of technology that the world will ever see.” You have to grant the benefit of the doubt, but as explained by analyst Ed Zitron In a recent column, Altman’s trajectory and IVE does not leave good prospects here. In Xataka | Chatgpt has been a tool. If you start remembering all our conversations, it will be something else: a relationship

You can use this Apple Watch even without carrying the iPhone on top. Now it has almost 200 euros discount

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If you were thinking about buying an Apple Watch and you have always cast back the price, this Amazon offer will interest you (and more than you think). Now you can take the Apple Watch Series 9 (in GPS + Cellular version) with a 33% discount. Has gone from costing 539 to 359.97 euros. Apple Watch Series 9 (GPS + Cellular) – (Product) Red – Size m/L * Some price may have changed from the last review An ideal Apple Watch if you don’t want to always carry the iPhone on top He Apple Watch Series 9 It is perfect to be able to lead a healthier lifestyle and monitor all your training. Works with chip S9 and under the Watchos operating systemwith which you can consult your single -glance data on your wrist. This available model is in red and the best of this version, you can listen to music, make calls and send messages without having to have the iPhone by hand, since it is the GPS+Cellular version. It also offers very striking functionalities such as detection of falls and accidentscall emergency services if you suffer a sudden fall or a car accident. In addition, it has Apple Pay, so you can pay with the clock directly. Other Apple accessories that may interest you Apple Airpods 4, wireless headphones * Some price may have changed from the last review Apple Watch is 2nd GPS Generation * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Álex Alcolea (Xataka) and Apple In Xataka | Apple Watch 8 vs Apple Watch 9. We explain which to buy In Xataka | The best smartwatch: their analysis and videos are here

The millionaire idea that was born after the launch of the iPhone 5

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There are many business models, but to charge people to queue for them is one that, perhaps, we did not see coming. Robert Samuel is the founder of SAME OLE LINE DUDES, a company Newyorkina company with 45 employees and more than 13 years operating. Where does it come from. In 2012, Apple launched the iPhone 5. Robert Samuel, who worked in the AT&T sales department, I knew that huge queues would be generated In New York to buy one, so he decided to publish an advertisement in Craiglist (a fairly popular advertisement platform in the United States) offering to line up to get the phone. Someone decided to pay three hours for his time and, at the time Robert was about to pay, the client informed him that he had placed the online order and no longer needed to buy it physically. Robert’s response? Sell ​​your place in line for 100 dollars, leave the last to the tail, and sell your place again until you get $ 300. There he deduced that queuing was a good business. The boom of the chronuts. A year later, in 2013, New York was involved in the fever of the Cronuts. They were literally a crazy night between a croissant and a donut. The Americans went crazy and made long lines to buy them. This shot Robert Samuel’s orders, and ended up making the meme A company that has 45 workers. SAME OLE LINE DUDES. Spanish translated as “the same usual uncles queue”, SAME OLE LINE DUDES It is a company that It has been operating since 2012 And it gives what his name promises: workers who queue for you. Purchase of concert tickets, go to a fashion cafeteria for an order, or go to the launch event of an iPhone so that you are the first to have it. They have even covered the necessary row to enter the especially media judgment of Sam Bankman-Fried, leader of the FTX crypto and accused of fraud. Prices. This company buys something very simple: your time. The minimum is two hours, with a price of $ 50. They offer packages of four, six, eight and … up to 24 hours for $ 600. Of course, these are the basic services to save tail. Paying more, we can get more. On average, The time is around 25 and 37.5 dollars. The services. Queuing is fine, but picking up your order and hand over at home is even better. For only 65 dollars an hour, the company queu you, buy your order and give it to you at home. You wait in restaurants (including groups of people), errands, Movingmessaging … The company accepts all kinds of proposals, adapting the price to the type of request. Of course, if it rains, it snows, it is hot or the time is complicated, the price of the hour rises three more dollars. Creating trend. Same Ole Line Doubes was a pioneer in this trend, followed by many other companies with the same background idea. TaskRabbit has a specific option for Taskers queue for youand even in China is a trend (especially in the hospital) to accompany and help in simple tasks in exchange for money. Image | Chatgpt In Xataka | We have known how to eliminate the tails of the attraction parks. Disney keeps them for something

The US threatens Apple with a 25% tariff if you do not manufacture the iPhone there. It would continue to be more profitable in India

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Donald Trump has launched a direct threat to Apple: If you want to sell the iPhone in the United States, you must manufacture them there. Otherwise, you will have to assume a 25%tariff. This threat is part of its new commercial offensive, which also includes a 50% tariff to European products and measures against other great American technological ones. Apple, however, had already begun to reorder his production map. Tim Cook announced that “The majority” of the iPhone sold in the United States in 2025 will be manufactured in India. It is a message: Apple has no intention – not real capacity – to transfer its production to American soil in the short or medium term. In figures. Today, making an iPhone in China costs around $ 450. If that production was transferred to the United States, the cost per unit would shoot up to $ 1,400-1,600. And if the entire supply chain in US territory was also replicated, the final price to the consumer could overcome the 2,000 dollars.. Apple’s margin would not endure that blow. And consumers either. Yes, but. Moving production to India barely represents an increase from 10% to 15% compared to China. With an average sale price in the United States of about $ 1,000 to $ 1,200 per unit, Apple can absorb that difference, affect the customer or a mixture of both. Always without turning the iPhone into an unattainable luxury product. Trump’s 25% tariff, if applied, would be even more expensive. Between bambalins. India is more than a momentary escape route. Apple has been preparing for this turn for years. Foxconn has invested $ 1.5 billion to expand its plant in Chennai, and Tata Electronics has accelerated the construction of new assembly lines in Tamil Nadu. In 2024, 18% of the iPhone have already left India. In 2025 it will be 32%. Cook does not improvise: he knows that producing in the United States would have been reconstructing the infrastructure and technical specialization that Asia offers today. India is not China, but it has something that the United States does not: a young, cheap and trained population, as well as a government (that of Modi) willing to encourage every dollar invested. The context. Apple has already promised to invest 500,000 million dollars in the United States in the next four years. But it will do it in chips, data centers and artificial intelligence servers, not in iPhones factories. Trump knows it, and that’s why he attacks: investment is not enough. It wants production. And he wants to see her inside her borders. By the way, half Billón’s investment had a small print of Cantabria’s size: On the other hand, manufacturing iPhone is not riding furniture. It is a high precision operation, with thousands of components assembled in record times for workers in 12 -hour shifts. The United States does not have the ecosystem, nor labor, nor the right labor cost to replicate that. Trump can press, but cannot alter the economic laws of global logistics. And now what. Apple will play time. You can negotiate exceptions, delays or adjustments, as did in 2019 with Chinese tariffs. But if Trump fulfills his threat, he will have to choose between paying billions in tariffs … or raising prices. And there is the paradox: If Apple manufactured in the United States, the iPhone would cost 1,200 to more than 2,000 and even $ 3,000. If it remains in India, with 25% of Trump included, it would rise only to about 1,500. Manufacture in India, even penalized, is still more profitable than producing at home. In Xataka | Apple anticipates 900 million dollars of tariff impact. It is equivalent to the cost of producing almost two million iPhone Outstanding image | Xataka

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