Gear News of the Week: iPhone 17 May Be a Month Away, and Sonos to Raise Prices

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Sonos to Raise Prices Due to Tariffs

As President Trump's wide-ranging (and fast-changing) tariff plan rolls out, we’re starting to get confirmation that higher prices connected imported equipment do, successful fact, walk down to nan consumer, pinch nan latest coming from precocious appointed Sonos CEO, Tom Conrad. As reported by Bloomberg, Conrad touched connected Sonos’ forthcoming value increases during his first quarterly net report.

Telling investors that nan marque has worked to “minimize nan downstream impact” to Sonos customers, Conrad explained that astir of Sonos’ products are manufactured successful Vietnam and Malaysia, which he said will beryllium taxable to caller 20 percent and 19 percent tariff rates, respectively, nether Trump’s plan.

For context, different electronics brands person been little definitive astir nan tariff increases directly, pinch JBL blaming a $50 value summation connected its caller Tour One M3 headphones months aft motorboat connected “global manufacture pressures.” Just really overmuch Sonos plans to raise prices and which products will beryllium affected remains to beryllium seen. —Ryan Waniata

Motorola Debuts a Bedazzled Razr

Remember bedazzling your Razr? You tin relive those days pinch Motorola's Brilliant Collection, which includes nan latest Razr 2025 and Moto Buds Loop, successful a caller Pantone Ice Melt color, complete pinch Swarovski crystals. Motorola first announced a partnership pinch Swarovski successful April erstwhile it debuted its latest Razr phones, though nan original collaboration began pinch nan caller Moto Buds Loop wireless earbuds successful a French Oak color.

Now, nan guidelines Razr 2025 exemplary is getting nan dazzling upgrade pinch 35 Swarovski crystals connected nan leather-inspired finish. The Moto Buds Loop is getting nan aforesaid curen arsenic its original debut, conscionable successful nan caller Ice Melt color. The institution says constricted quantities are disposable and “more curated instrumentality collections” are connected nan way.

How overmuch does a bedazzled Razr cost? The aforesaid arsenic nan normal model, apparently. The Brilliant Collection retails for $1,000, and it includes nan telephone and nan wireless earbuds. That's nan aforesaid magnitude you'd salary if you bought nan Moto Buds Loop and Razr 2025 astatine MSRP. Not excessively bad for anyone desperately trying to recreate their rhinestone-rich 2005 wardrobe.