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Trump Just Spared Your Phone—But What’s the Catch? 📱💻

 Trump Just Spared Your Phone—But What’s the Catch? 📱💻   So here’s the tea, and it’s boiling hot. While everyone was bracing for sky-high prices on tech gadgets, the Trump administration just hit pause on that panic. In a major move, smartphones, laptops, chips, and other electronics have been officially exempted from the latest round of crushing tariffs —including the brutal 125% levy on Chinese imports. That means your next iPhone or gaming laptop might not cost you a kidney. For now. Tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia just got the green light to exhale. This is the first real breather since the U.S. started flexing on China with extreme tariffs. Analysts are calling it a “game changer,” and honestly, they’re not wrong. With over 80% of U.S.-sold iPhones made in China, this exemption is like air for the entire mobile industry. But don’t celebrate too fast. The White House is framing this as a strategic delay , not a surrender. According to the official statem...