Apple Announces Plans to Make More iPhone Parts in USA

[BaldiMac]

On behalf of all Americans', we solute you, Mr Trump. Making Apple and America great again at the same time.

You certainly don’t speak for all of us, but you know that. 😛

 

[switz]

Wonder if Mr. Smarts has ever even driven a car let alone ride on some of our great (meaning really undulating and bumpy) roads? The type where the suspension bottoms out because it ran out of travel trying to compensate for the holes....

 

[eas]

TIL that TSMC has a fab in Washington state. It's near PDX, OR, which I guess makes it part of the semiconductor cluster down there, around Intel's fabs. Ultimately part of Tektronix's legacy in the region.

 

[The_Gream]

I'm not willing to pay higher prices just to have "Made in the USA" labeled on a product.

China is moving to a robot assembly system. Most American manufacturing will do the same. To many Americans (I am one) lack the skills and/or drive for mindless labor. Also, our education systems (as a collective unit, some places are forward thinking) isn’t and hasn’t been designed to make our next generation ’smarter’. Just look at where the USA sits on the international level of things like science and math scores.

TL😀R So, will probably end up being a robot work force. The consumer will still end up paying more for XYZ reasons.

 

[warriors2017]

American robots will have stronger union than China 🤣

 

[turbineseaplane]

I wish I could say I cared about this beyond the price of the devices themselves.

If that ends up going up too much, it's a problem.

 

[ClaraStahlbaum]

I don’t care if something is made in the US or not. I care about the price first and foremost.

 

[QuarterSwede]

I don’t care if something is made in the US or not. I care about the price first and foremost.

I actually do care. I prefer manufacturing in other countries. We’ve lost the ability to do it well and for a fair price in the US.

 

[spritle]

Part of the deal requires the factories to make presidential diapers 24/7.

 

[delsoul]

I bought the new M5 max and it’s still weird seeing “Assembled in Vietnam” printed on the bottom lid. It will be the same and a welcome sight to see “Assembled in the USA” when the time comes

 

[switz]

Unfortunately, "Made in U.S.A." does not necessarily mean quality. Notice the number of vehicle recalls of the Big Three?

Been literally decades since a camera was made here in this country. Or a watch....