Apple’s commitment will increase the Cupertino-based company’s U.S. investment to $600 billion over four years as it seeks to avoid the cost of tariffs. The company announced a $500-billion U.S. investment commitment in February.

Apple is preparing to add a further $100bn to its US investment plans as chief executive Tim Cook strives to insulate the iPhone maker from Donald Trump’s trade war. White House officials said that the Silicon Valley giant’s expanded $600bn spending commitment would be announced later on Wednesday,

After seeing the changes coming with iOS 26, we're ready to finally see Apple's newest collection of smartphones: the iPhone 17 lineup. While that's still more than a month away — assuming Apple sticks to its usual release schedule — we haven't been left completely in the dark about what the new phones will look like.

While still unconfirmed, the date tracks with Apple’s usual playbook. The tech giant typically holds its iPhone launch events in the second week of September, excluding 2020, which was disrupted by COVID.

Apple has yet to share the official date for its iPhone 17 launch event, but a new rumor points to September 9 as the event date for 2025.