Tech IndustrySep 23, 2023
Microsoftfeddfff

Apple should produce some of iPhones in US?

It’s cheap in China, but as an American company, at least they should produce some in US, maybe 10%, iPhones. American workers need to share their profits. Tesla, Ford, GM, intel, dell, sumsang. All those great companies, they all have factories in US tc 130

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Google Qoplatori Sep 23, 2023

American workers won’t work 16hr a day, 7 days a week for $1 an hour.

Splunk JfYN62 Sep 23, 2023

Neither will Chinese workers, but they do work for Mexican wages, so no reason iPhone assembly can’t be moved back to NAFTA at the very minimum

Snap snapL8 Sep 23, 2023

Cmon when you say NAFTA you mean Mexico

Microsoft R&D Sep 23, 2023

Company is meant to pocket profits!

Deloitte chewtya Sep 23, 2023

It’s expensive to ship million of cars from china to US ,while you can do easily that in phone

LinkedIn rmpst Sep 23, 2023

Depends— is Apple a manufacturing company or an engineering company? IMO Apple is an Eng company, since they do 0% of the manufacturing. To that end the question is whether their engineering is in the US.

Apple fndkr Sep 23, 2023

The majority of our Operations and Manufacturing team is based in the US. You’d be surprised how much we control from here.

Microsoft feddfff OP Sep 23, 2023

Control? If Cook is unwilling to suck ccp, you will suddenly lose the control.

BMO enigneligh Sep 23, 2023

having 10% made in US would be a mess. easier to make apple watches or something with a lower volume.

eBay dBaySucker Sep 23, 2023

No way, but they will move it to vietnam, thailand or mexico.

Service Management Group nhsxgjr Sep 23, 2023

If you want to pay 5x as much for no reason sure

Microsoft feddfff OP Sep 23, 2023

Do you pay 5x as much for a Tesla

Meta UwCx48 Sep 23, 2023

No, because the batteries are made here. iPhone components aren’t made in the U.S. The manufacturing base to support final assembly factories doesn’t exist anymore.

Apple rIFt33 Sep 23, 2023

Maybe you can make that stupid surface in Seattle

Oracle mtcsqj17x Sep 23, 2023

And you will buy their $3000 phones if they do?

Upstart chilipi Sep 23, 2023

Nope, they don’t have that kind of money. Want everything for cheap and China to blame for pollution and climate change.

Microsoft feddfff OP Sep 23, 2023

Another brainwashed by Capitalism. So many stuff produced in US

Northrop Grumman chooga Sep 23, 2023

What’s apples current profit margin on iPhone using china slave labor