Apple customers have been panic buying iPhones out of fear the company may hike prices by hundreds of dollars in the coming days to offset the costs of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Across the country, people have been rushing to stores or going online to buy everything from iPhones to coffee to designer bags and jewelry in anticipation of the toll the tariffs will take on their wallets.
Employees at Apple stores coast to coast have reported being bombarded with questions about how the tariffs would affect the cost of iPhones. In some cases, people have been stocking up on items they don’t necessarily need.
Ben Titus is one of them, and he told the Washington Examiner that he wasn’t taking any chances.
On Tuesday night, Titus went to the Apple store in Richmond, Virginia, to buy his 12-year-old daughter, Lisa, an iPhone 16 Plus. He plans to give it…
