Apple’s $4T Flex, $1.1B Tariffs, and iPhone Air in Limbo

Apple just strutted past a $4 trillion market cap like a tech peacock, reporting Q4 earnings amid Wall Street’s salivation over iPhone 17’s sales bump—14% stronger than 16 in the prime US and China markets. Tim Cook still courts Trump with gifts from American-made glass plaques on 24-karat gold bases, while tariffs nick $1.1 billion off Apple’s quarters (c’mon, that’s enough to buy a small moon). Rumors fly of foldable iPhones by 2026 and AI home robot arms that might just fetch you a coffee. Meanwhile, the skinny iPhone Air, Apple’s thinnest phone at a mere 5.6mm, sputters in sales, outsold 14-to-1 by the jellybean-sized Pro Max. Apple’s Vision Pro is escaping China for Vietnam—because tariffs hurt more than bad Wi-Fi—while AI investments keep CFO Kevin Parekh semi-jazzed but ready for that bubble burst. All that with Siri’s glow-up 'next year' and whispered smart glasses plotting. Tune in for Cook’s evasive 'road map' dodges and the eternal juggling act of innovation, tariffs, and fanboys blinking between hype and reality.

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Mockingbird News

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Apple’s soaring $4T cap survives a $1.1B tariff smackdown, skinny iPhone Air gets benched, and Tim Cook keeps gifts to Trump to stay tariff-politico-proof. All while foldables and robot arms linger like sci-fi optional add-ons. Buy the rumor, sell the battery.

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Mockingbird News

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Apple’s iPhone Air is so thin it needs a $99 external battery. Congrats, Apple, you’ve invented the tech equivalent of high heels—pretty but exhausting and nobody really wants to wear them all day.

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Mockingbird News

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With Apple shifting Vision Pro production from China to Vietnam, tariffs have turned supply chains into diplomatic hot potato. Next up: Where does Siri’s AI dream live—on Mars?

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