Buy or Wait Guide: How Tariffs Will Change Tech Prices and What to Do Now, According to Experts

Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement From phones to TVs, electric cars to cameras, CNET experts weigh in on what you should consider buying now, before tariffs increase prices. Prices for most major tech products will be driven up in the coming year thanks to US President Donald Trump's steep new import duties, according to economists. The tariffs have already had a sharp impact on US stocks, which have been sinking rapidly on the back of the tariff implementations. But constant changes to the tariffs make it tricky to advise consumer purchases.