The Trump administration eased up considerably on its tariffs towards China this week, dropping the general charges from 145% to 30% for 90 days — until Aug. 10 — whereas deeper commerce negotiations proceed. While these strikes will go some method to averting an financial struggle, the charges towards China are nonetheless traditionally excessive and reviews proceed to emerge suggesting value hikes for all the pieces from vehicles to PlayStations.
In this text, we’re intently monitoring the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the costs of 11 fashionable merchandise you may want or want to purchase, whether or not or not it’s a brand new cellphone, laptop computer or your day by day espresso. So far, we have seen notable value hikes for the flagship Xbox sport console, whereas all the pieces else has both remained regular apart from occasional fluctuations which may not be tariff-related. That form of consistency is way from sure, nonetheless, particularly with new reviews rising that Apple may be seeking to make iPhones costlier this 12 months.
The settlement with China, much-hyped by the White House, did considerably reduce tariff charges towards are greatest buying and selling companion, the brand new 30% charge is just momentary and nonetheless traditionally excessive, it simply seems higher subsequent to the ludicrous 145% charge that was beforehand in place. As these negotiations transfer alongside, firms proceed to warn of impending value hikes to be able to take care of the brand new tariffs, together with Sony, which might doubtlessly imply a value hike for its ever-popular PlayStation 5 consoles.
We’ll be updating this text commonly as costs change. It’s all within the title of serving to you make sense of issues, so make sure you test again once in a while. For extra, try CNET’s information as to if it’s best to wait to make huge purchases or purchase them now and get knowledgeable tips on the way to put together for a recession.
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Methodology
We’re checking costs day by day and can replace the article and the related charts instantly to mirror any adjustments. The following charts present a single bullet level for every month, with the newest one labeled “Now” and exhibiting the present value. For the previous months, we have gone with what was the commonest value for every merchandise within the given month.
In most instances, the worth stats utilized in these graphs have been pulled from Amazon utilizing the historic value tracker device Keepa. For the iPhones, the costs come from Apple’s official supplies and are based mostly on the 128-gigabyte base mannequin of the most recent providing for annually: the iPhone 14, iPhone 15 and iPhone 16. For the Xbox Series X, the costs have been sourced from Best Buy utilizing the device PriceTracker. If any of those merchandise occur to be on sale at a given time, we’ll make sure you let you understand and clarify how these value drops differ from longer-term pricing tendencies that tariffs could cause.
The 11 merchandise we’re monitoring
Mostly what we’re monitoring on this article are digital gadgets and digital gadgets that CNET covers in depth, like iPhones and reasonably priced 4K TVs — together with a typical bag of espresso, a extra humble product that is not produced within the US to any important diploma.
The merchandise featured have been chosen for a number of causes: Some of them are fashionable and/or reasonably priced representatives for main shopper tech classes, like smartphones, TVs and sport consoles. Others are supposed to symbolize issues that customers may purchase extra continuously, like printer ink or espresso beans. Some merchandise have been chosen over others as a result of they’re doubtless extra prone to tariffs. Some of those merchandise have been reviewed by CNET or have been featured in a few of our greatest lists.
Below, we’ll get into extra about every particular person product.
iPhone 16
The iPhone is the preferred smartphone model within the US so this was a transparent precedence for value monitoring. The iPhone has additionally emerged as a serious focus for conversations about tariffs, given its reputation and its susceptibility to import taxes given its abroad manufacturing, largely in China. Trump has reportedly been fixated on the concept the iPhone can and must be manufactured within the US, an concept that specialists have dismissed as a fantasy. Estimates have additionally urged {that a} US-made iPhone would value as a lot as $3,500.
In April, Apple flew bulk shipments of iPhones into the US to get a stockpile right here forward of tariffs kicking in. In latest weeks, reviews have indicated that the corporate is engaged on shifting all manufacturing of US-bound iPhones out of China to India to evade the worst of Trump’s tariff agenda. However, it is also been reported that the iPhone 19, deliberate for launch in 2027, might want to keep in China, due to the extent of complexity deliberate for its design, tied to the iPhone line’s twentieth anniversary. On May 12, additional reviews emerged suggesting that Apple plans to boost the worth of the iPhone with the forthcoming iPhone 17 line, however that it additionally plans to keep away from attributing this to Trump’s tariffs.
Duracell AA batteries
A number of the tech merchandise in your house may boast a chargeable vitality supply however particular person batteries are nonetheless an on a regular basis important and I can let you know from expertise that as quickly as you neglect about them, you will be needing to restock. The Duracell AAs we’re monitoring are a few of the bestselling batteries on Amazon.
Samsung DU7200 TV
Alongside smartphones, televisions are a few of the hottest tech merchandise on the market, even when they’re an rare buy. This specific product is a well-liked entry-level 4K TV and was CNET’s choose for finest total finances TV for 2025. Unlike numerous tech merchandise which have key provide strains in China, Samsung is a South Korean firm, so it might need some measure of tariff resistance. In latest days, this mannequin has fluctuated from $400, the place its been for many of the 12 months up to now, and $470, the place it sits right now. These fluctuations aren’t influenced by tariffs, no less than in the interim.
Xbox Series X
Video sport software program and {hardware} are a market phase anticipated to be hit exhausting by the Trump tariffs. Microsoft’s Xbox is the primary console model to see value hikes — the corporate cited “market circumstances” together with the rising value of improvement. Most notably, this included a rise within the value of the flagship Xbox Series X, up from $500 to $600. Numerous Xbox equipment have been additionally affected, and the corporate additionally mentioned that “sure” video games will ultimately see a value hike from $70 to $80.
Initially, we have been monitoring the worth of the far more fashionable Nintendo Switch as a consultant of the gaming market. Nintendo has not but hiked the worth of its handheld-console hybrid and harassed that the $450 price ticket of the upcoming Switch 2 has not but been inflated due to tariffs. Sony, in the meantime, has up to now solely elevated costs on its PlayStation {hardware} in markets outdoors the US.
AirPods Pro 2
The newest iteration of Apple’s wildly fashionable true-wireless earbuds are right here to symbolize the headphone market. Much to the chagrin of the audiophiles on the market, a fast take a look at gross sales charts on Amazon reveals you simply how a lot the model dominates all headphone gross sales. The AirPods Pro 2 have hovered steadily round $200 on Amazon in 2025, however have been on sale for $169 the primary few days of May earlier than leaping again up.
HP 962 CMY printer ink
This HP printer ink contains cyan, magenta and yellow multi function product and not too long ago noticed its value soar from round $72 — the place it stayed for many of 2025 — to $80, which is round its highest value over the past 5 years. We can be protecting tabs to see if it is a long-term change or a short uptick.
This product changed Overture PLA Filament for 3D printers on this piece, however we’re nonetheless monitoring that merchandise.
Anker 10,000-mAh, 30-watt energy financial institution
Anker’s equipment are perennially fashionable within the tech area and the corporate has already introduced that a few of its merchandise will get costlier as a direct results of tariffs. This particular product has additionally been featured in a few of CNET’s lists of one of the best moveable chargers. While the worth has remained regular all year long, it’s at the moment on sale for $16 on Amazon, however just for Prime members.
Bose TV speaker
Soundbars have grow to be necessary purchases, given the usually iffy high quality of the audio system constructed into TVs. While not the largest or one of the best providing within the area, the Bose TV Speaker is without doubt one of the extra reasonably priced soundbar choices on the market, particularly hailing from a model as fashionable as Bose.
Oral-B Pro 1000 electrical toothbrush
They may be much more costly than their conventional counterparts, however electrical toothbrushes stay a preferred selection for shoppers due to how nicely they get the job performed. I do know my dentist will not let up on how a lot I would like one. This specific Oral-B providing was CNET’s total selection for one of the best electrical toothbrush for 2025.
Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i Chromebook
Lenovo is notable among the many huge laptop computer producers for being a Chinese firm making its merchandise particularly prone to Trump’s tariffs.
Starbucks Ground Coffee (28-ounce bag)
Coffee is included on this tracker due to its ubiquity — I’m actually consuming an excessive amount of of it today — and since it is uniquely prone to Trump’s tariff agenda. Famously, espresso beans can solely be grown inside a sure distance from Earth’s equator, a tropical span largely outdoors the US and often called the “Coffee Belt.”
Hawaii is the one a part of the US that may produce espresso beans, with information from USAFacts exhibiting that 11.5 million kilos have been harvested there within the 2022-23 season — little greater than a drop within the mug, because the US consumed 282 instances that quantity of espresso throughout that interval. Making issues worse, Hawaiian espresso manufacturing has declined previously few years.
All that to say: Americans get nearly all of their espresso from abroad, making it probably the most doubtless merchandise to see value hikes from tariffs.
