Are they selling you a phone, or are they selling you and your information to big data ?

NONE of my portable devices have any social media crapware on them.
If I can not access something via a web browser with ad/spay/etc filters that have automatic cookie deletion then I don't use the service.

That said, No one will ever need more than 640k of memory ....

Just find "God mode"...then wait 3 days...and back to life it comes.
Wonder if there are easter eggs in the code .....

Nothing says "Booming Economy" like mass layoffs /s

After it is all up an running there will be what...20-30 people employed to replace failing hard drives.

Those employed to get it all up and running will most likely be out of state so won't make much of a dent in unemployment locally

And corporations ALWAYS state how much (imaginary) employment there will be as this is one of the "Keywords" required to get approval.

Here in Minnesota, we have a law that says that when you drive, you can only use your phone in a "hands free" fashion. CarPlay and Android Auto let us move the functionality of the phone into the dashboard of the car, so we can then legally control our phone while driving. It's a convenience thing that goes hand in hand with the large touchscreens that got installed in cars around the same time. My car's too old for that and just uses Bluetooth like you're talking about, so my options are more limited when it comes to making adjustments while driving.

Taiwan is at least one generation ahead of the USA in manufacturing.

I was being charitable, and you are probably close than I was.

/sarcasm.

Taiwan, who is 2-3 years ahead of the USA in chip manufacturing technology.

BUT... on the plus side, the 96% of the worlds population who don't live in the USA are not subject to the tariffs

There will be probably be a good market smuggling iPhones from Canada to the USA soon, guess that's one way to stop fentanyl from being smuggled, make iPhone snuggling more profitable.

As a guess, they probably recycle it in China.
Now if the USA would do they same....

I am sure he is going to end up in Trumps inner circle so that he can "legally steal" millions so long as her profit shares with Trump.

Sick of all the BS that Apple does with its UI and UX.
I spend ages every update turning all of the wank features off.

My iPhone is a tool, not a fashion statement

Yeah I am still on an iPhone 11, it works, does everything I need, and I have zero need for a hardware upgrade, nor IOS 26 upgrade.

100% price for me, they are simply not worth it, they are a tool for me, not a fashion item.
So here I am still happy with my iPhone 11.
I have other more interesting things planned for my money, such as a nice home milling machine and some steam stationary engines to build, one for each of my grandkids.

Oh, and also I and many others around the world are boycotting US goods and services because of Adolf Sh!tler
I DO get to vote in the USA...with my wallet, and other countries are seeing my $$.