Ever Trend Zone The Made-in-USA iPhone idea is one of those fantasies that refuse to die despite Apple repeatedly pointing out why it becomes completely impossible.
Financial Times Currently, even a small number of American-made components are not actually made in this country, and we place a great emphasis on detailed reports on why this idea is so impractical…
Made-in-USA iPhone Ideas Don’t Die
The idea has been around for over a decade and regained new headlines in 2016 when Trump first called on the company to do it. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology does the total at the time, pointing out that assembling an iPhone in the US would have a surprising financial impact on costs, as it would be almost completely automated and almost no US work would be produced if the process were moved to the US.
Since then, there has been a lot of debate:
Most recently, former Apple Manufacturing Engineer added his own views on the unrealistic nature of the idea.
2,700 reasons don’t work
ft Currently running a detailed analysis of the components that enter the iPhone, pointing out that the latest model has an astounding 2,700 copies. Most of these are not recognized in fragments like that. Because what we see as part of it actually has many individual elements.
Overall, over 700 production sites have created components for the iPhone, and 30 Apple suppliers are operating entirely outside of China.
This is the biggest argument for this idea. These Chinese manufacturers are located very close to each other and are closely tuned to produce the necessary parts. China takes literally decades, and it takes the same amount of time to build complex supply chains that allow products like the iPhone to replicate them elsewhere in the world.
Some iPhone components teeth Made in the US, including display glass and face ID laser. But beware of the work, it still doesn’t tell the real story.
iPhone display glass is made in the US, but the elements that make the touchscreen, from backlit displays to layers that allow interaction, are mostly made in Korea and fixed in China.
They argue that moving production to the US would not have any political meaning. ft. The Trump administration is now putting pressure on Apple, but even if the company decided to do so, the timescale would be very long and nothing would have happened before the current presidency was over. Andy Tsey, a professor of information systems at Santa Clara University, says it’s pointless to be immersed in the president who will leave within four years.
“The American system, where everything can flip-flop completely every four years, doesn’t encourage corporate investment. When people and businesses invest, they need to have a longer horizon.”
The complete work is a fascinating read.
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