So add a 30% tariff, will it still beat what Apple wants to charge you? that's your answer.
I was going to wait it out till the end of the year, but due to tariffs uncertainty i purchased it last week from Bresun store (aliexpress) 2TB sandisk, very fast shipping (6 days), just intalled today and its working well.
This is the 1TB disk I purchased to replace the base 256GB. I hate that these drives' write speeds outperform the read speeds. By the way...Black Magic's test is not the way to properly get a good overall reading. It measures for video performance only.
More to the point Apple isn't escaping the tariffs, either. How long it will swallow that 30% hit to its markup is another question you have to consider. Unless you are ordering from its dwindling local stocks of stock configuration items, it's going to ship from abroad.
Apple won't pay a 30% markup on the SALE PRICE to the punters they mug. Apple pays a 30% markup on the COST PRICE so you'll see an increase in price of maybe 5-10%. Remember, Apple builds its widgets for about 20% to one third of the sale price to mugs.
Apple has a markup of up to 40%. Any reduction in that is a hit to profits. It will be more than 5-10% or shareholders will have to foot the bill.
