A commerce courtroom has dominated Trump’s tariff barrage unlawful however the risk that costs may climb stays actual.
I’ve been maintaining tabs on a number of fashionable merchandise each day for CNET’s tariff influence tracker, anticipating worth hikes amid President Donald Trump’s import tax agenda. Most costs I’ve been have remained steady up to now, apart from a notable improve for the Xbox Series X, and the occasional reductions throughout massive sale intervals, which is at present the case for some fashionable earbuds and a budget-friendly soundbar. With all that stated, the broader impacts of those import taxes are nonetheless on the horizon, except a commerce courtroom ruling in opposition to them will get to remain in place.
The Trump administration has, unsurprisingly, decried this ruling — which stated Trump had no authority to set tariffs as he has been — and moved swiftly to request that the Supreme Court strike it down. We’ll see how that finally performs out however, for now, the chance that the president’s tariff insurance policies will result in worth hikes stays doubtless. That’s why I’m persevering with to watch a number of key merchandise you may want or want to purchase quickly, to maintain monitor of the potential tariff impacts.
CNET Tariff Tracker Index
Above, you possibly can take a look at a chart with the common worth of the 11 merchandise included on this piece over the course of 2025. This will assist provide you with a way of the general worth adjustments and fluctuations occurring. Further down, you’ll take a look at charts for every particular person product being tracked.
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 you should definitely verify again sometimes. For extra, take a look at CNET’s information as to whether you must wait to make massive purchases or purchase them now and get knowledgeable recommendations on tips on how to put together for a recession.
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Methodology
We’re checking costs every day and can replace the article and the related charts immediately to mirror any adjustments. The following charts present a single bullet level for every month, with the newest one labeled “Now” and displaying the present worth. For the previous months, we have gone with what was the commonest worth for every merchandise within the given month.
In most instances, the worth stats utilized in these graphs had been pulled from Amazon utilizing the historic price-tracker software 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 every year: the iPhone 14, iPhone 15 and iPhone 16. For the Xbox Series X, the costs had been sourced from Best Buy utilizing the software PriceTracker. If any of those merchandise occur to be on sale at a given time, we’ll you should definitely let you already know and clarify how these worth 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 units and digital objects 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 had been chosen for just a few causes: Some of them are fashionable and/or reasonably priced representatives for main shopper tech classes, like smartphones, TVs and recreation consoles. Others are supposed to characterize issues that customers may purchase extra regularly, like printer ink or espresso beans. Some merchandise had been chosen over others as a result of they’re doubtless extra vulnerable 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, and stick round until the tip for a rundown of another merchandise price noting.
iPhone 16
The iPhone is the preferred smartphone model within the US, so this was a transparent precedence for worth monitoring. The iPhone has additionally emerged as a significant focus for conversations about tariffs, given its recognition and its susceptibility to import taxes due to 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 advised {that a} US-made iPhone would price as a lot as $3,500.
Something to notice about this graph: The worth listed is the one you may see for those who purchase your cellphone by a significant provider. If you, say, purchase direct from Apple or Best Buy with no provider concerned, you may be charged an additional $30, so in some locations, you may see the listing worth of the usual iPhone 16 listed as $830.
Apple’s been taking just a few steps to guard its costs within the face of those tariffs, flying in bulk shipments of product earlier than they took impact and planning to maneuver manufacturing for the US market from China to India. This latter transfer drew the anger of Trump once more, threatening the corporate with a 25% tariff in the event that they did not transfer manufacturing to the US, an thought CEO Tim Cook has repeatedly shot down prior to now. This got here after Trump gave a tariff exemption to digital units together with smartphones, so the way forward for that transfer appears doubtful now.
Apple’s flagship machine continues to be the top-selling smartphone globally, as of Q1 of this 12 months, though new analysis from the agency Counterpoint means that tariff uncertainty will trigger the model’s progress to stall a bit all through the remainder of 2025.
Duracell AA batteries
Loads of the tech merchandise in your house may boast a chargeable power supply however particular person batteries are nonetheless an on a regular basis important and I can inform you from expertise that as quickly as you neglect about them, you may 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 explicit product is a well-liked entry-level 4K TV and was CNET’s decide for finest general price range TV for 2025. Unlike lots of tech merchandise which have key provide traces in China, Samsung is a South Korean firm so it may need some measure of tariff resistance.
Xbox Series X
Video recreation software program and {hardware} are a market phase anticipated to be hit arduous by the Trump tariffs. Microsoft’s Xbox is the primary console model to see worth hikes — the corporate cited “market situations” together with the rising price of improvement. Most notably, this included a rise within the worth of the flagship Xbox Series X, up from $500 to $600. Numerous Xbox equipment additionally had been affected and the corporate additionally stated that “sure” video games will finally see a worth hike from $70 to $80.
Initially, we had 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 burdened 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 characterize the headphone market. Much to the chagrin of the audiophiles on the market, a fast have a look at gross sales charts on Amazon reveals you simply how a lot the model dominates all headphone gross sales. Earlier within the 12 months, they tended to hover round $199 on the location, a notable low cost from its $249 listing worth, however the worth is at present the far more attractive $169, so transfer quick if you would like an reasonably priced pair. (Or perhaps simply await the rumored AirPods Pro 3.)
HP 962 CMY printer ink
This HP printer ink contains cyan, magenta and yellow multi functional product and just lately noticed its worth soar from round $72 — the place it stayed for many of 2025 — to $80, which is round its highest worth over the past 5 years. We will likely be maintaining tabs to see if this can be 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 dearer as a direct results of tariffs. This particular product has additionally been featured in a few of CNET’s lists of the very best transportable chargers. While the worth has remained regular all year long, it’s at present on sale for $13, or 50% off, for a restricted time.
Bose TV speaker
Soundbars have turn into essential purchases, given the usually iffy high quality of the audio system constructed into TVs. While not the largest or the very 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. This product has been one of many steadiest on this listing by way of worth all year long, but it surely’s at present on sale for $199, probably as a part of Amazon’s Memorial Day sale. So, for those who’re on the lookout for an reasonably priced, tariff-free TV speaker, now is perhaps the time.
Oral-B Pro 1000 electrical toothbrush
They is perhaps much more costly than their conventional counterparts however electrical toothbrushes stay a well-liked alternative for shoppers due to how nicely they get the job carried out. I do know my dentist will not let up on how a lot I want one. This explicit Oral-B providing was CNET’s general alternative for the very best electrical toothbrush for 2025.
Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i Chromebook
Lenovo is notable among the many massive laptop computer producers for being a Chinese firm making its merchandise particularly vulnerable to Trump’s tariffs.
Starbucks Ground Coffee (28-ounce bag)
Coffee is included on this tracker due to its ubiquity — I’m actually ingesting an excessive amount of of it today — and since it is uniquely vulnerable 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 known as the “Coffee Belt.”
Hawaii is the one a part of the US that may produce espresso beans, with knowledge from USAFacts displaying that 11.5 million kilos had 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 prior to now few years.
All that to say: Americans get nearly all of their espresso from abroad, making it some of the doubtless merchandise to see worth hikes from tariffs.
Other Products
As talked about earlier than, we sometimes swap out merchandise with totally different ones that endure notable worth shifts. Here are some issues not featured above, however that we’re nonetheless maintaining a tally of:
- Nintendo Switch: The baseline handheld-console hybrid has held regular round $299 most locations — together with Amazon — because it launched in 2017. Whether or not that worth will likely be impacted by tariffs or the approaching launch of the Switch 2 stays to be seen. This product was changed above with the Xbox Series X.
- Overture PLA 3D printer filament: This is a well-liked alternative on Amazon for the fabric wanted to run 3D printers. It has held regular round $15 on Amazon all 12 months. This product was changed above by the HP 962 printer ink.
Here are some merchandise we additionally wished to single out that have not been featured with a graph but:
- Razer Blade 18 (2025), 5070 Ti version: The newest revision of Razer’s largest gaming laptop computer noticed a $300 worth bump just lately, with the bottom mannequin featured an RTX 5070 Ti graphics card now priced at $3,500 forward of launch, in comparison with the $3,200 worth introduced in February. While Razer has stayed mum in regards to the reasoning, it did beforehand droop direct gross sales to the US as Trump’s tariff plans had been ramping up in April.
