Apple’s iPhone is expected to see a decline in sales this year.
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are causing great concern and uncertainty about rising prices and new data shows that this year the sale of global smartphones will suffer for this.
On Wednesday, market research firm Counterpoint released a report In 2025, its previous estimates increased from 4.2% to 1.9% for global smartphone shipment. While the tariffs are not the only factor cited in the report, the firm mainly attributed this change to the “new uncertainties around the American tariff”.
Outlooks are declining for the two biggest global smartphone providers to run this decline in development. Counterpoint cut its forecast increase in sales for Apple from 4% to 2.5%. The company still expects to launch a high price with the launch of its iPhone 17 line later this year. Meanwhile, Samsung is predicted that sales are stable, below the increase of 1.7% before.
Trump announced a barrage of tariffs in early April, making the broad market upheaval and fear on price inflation, especially for popular technical products such as smartphones. In response to those concerns, the Trump administration later released discounts for smartphones and various other electronics, although it is unknown whether it would stick long -term.
As the Counterpoint mentions in its report, the sales are expected to fall for smartphones this year due to tariff uncertainties.
Representatives of Apple and Samsung did not immediately respond to the remarks requests.
