Jacked-up prices for laptops and smartwatches, disrupted supply chains - how 6 top tech companies and their consumers are impacted by Trump's latest tariffs on China

Nikkei reported that Google is attempting to move the production of its Pixel smartphones from China to Vietnam to avoid the punitive tariffs and build a cheaper supply chain —it had been confronted with rising labor costs as well. Some production of its speakers would likely move to another country like Thailand, the newspaper reported.

Its motherboards, the circuit boards that are an integral part of its data centers around the US, has been hit by past waves of tariffs. Google is shifting their production to Taiwan as a result, Bloomberg reported.

Compared to other technology companies like Google — which is owned by Alphabet — has far more flexibility in realigning its supply chains as it doesn't manufacture extensively within China.

Back in June, HP joined Microsoft, Dell, and Intel in protesting Trump's proposed tariffs on Chinese goods on Capitol Hill.

They warned in a public comment that the tariffs would raise the cost of a laptop by $120 regardless of the company manufacturing it, citing a report from the Consumer Technology Association.

"Frankly speaking, for the printing supplies industry, these tariffs do more damage to the consumers and intellectual property holders like HP than it will do to the IP infringing products," HP Inc. Vice President and General Manager Andy Binder said in his testimony to the US Trade Representative.

Dell was among the companies that warned their products such as laptops and tablets would likely get more expensive as a result of Trump's tariffs over the summer.

Nikkei reported in June that the company was aiming to move up to 30% of its notebook production out of China and possibly create new production centers in either Taiwan, Vietnam or the Philippines.

Back in June, Microsoft joined Sony and Nintendo to oppose the tariffs out of concern for their video game business. They wrote a seven-page joint statement to the Office of the US Trade Representative, highlighting the vast size of the industry and the damage any levies would do.

"For those purchases that do go forward despite tariffs, consumers would pay $840 million more than they otherwise would have," the statement read, citing a study commissioned by the Consumer Technology Association.

Microsoft also said its laptops could get more expensive.

Intel is known for its production of semiconductors, a key component of emerging technologies in artificial intelligence and quantum computing, as well as the chips in iPhones.

While companies like Intel are in a stronger position to weather an escalating trade war, it has still spurred trepidation in a crucial technological sector.

"Tariff and trade uncertainties created anxiety across our customer supply chains," Intel CEO Bob Swan said on a conference call with shareholders on July 25.

Since its become more expensive to manufacture its products, Intel cut its revenue forecast for 2019, citing "China headwinds," according to Bloomberg.