Shirasaki
macrumors P6
I like your signature. Well said.So is this 14% of iPhone 14s?
Apple Now Assembles 14% of iPhones in India
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Shirasaki
macrumors P6
Ask a number of shareholders if they are willing to take let’s say 2% cut on the money they get, you will guarantee to get a mixed result and I doubt there will be a commanding majority supporting the cut to support “domestic production”.
TechnoMonk
macrumors 68040
Many Foxconn employees were unhappy when Apple cut their over time hours. It’s not uncommon for lot of workers to move in to cities, work as much as possible for 5 years and move back to their home towns and villages. Buy land, houses and retire in 5-10 years, than being slaves for most of their prime in west. It’s bad if the employees are forced to work, but most of these out of town guys want cheap accommodation, lot of hours to make money. IIRC, I saw tweets about Apple suppliers planning to build 78 K houses in India, for employees to live, work, shop in one place.
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macfacts
macrumors 603
I propose a limited edition colour for those made in USA and see how that sells.
Jay Tee
macrumors 6502
Surely you mean Foxconn, rather then Apple, cut Foxconn's employee overtime hours.
TechnoMonk
macrumors 68040
Apple forced Foxconn and other suppliers to cut the Over time hours after the media coverage in the US. Apple also started publishing the reports right after the incident. Many workers quit after their hours were cut, they wanted to make, save money and retire in 5-10 years.
Jay Tee
macrumors 6502
That's the right way to go about things, but I'm surprised Apple made such a draconian move. I'd much rather Apple pushed to improve their working environments; it've been much cheaper too.
With all due respect to the reports you cite, I think it's just the news agencies plastering Apple's good name for a bump in viewership numbers: I'm sceptical.
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TechnoMonk
macrumors 68040
100%. Apple pumps the viewership numbers and a bigger scandal. It did force Tim Cook to visit the Foxconn factory and others. One of the most popular reports at that time on allegations of Foxconn/Apple was a bunch of made-up stuff.
Retraction - This American Life
We've discovered that one of our most popular episodes contained numerous fabrications. This week, we detail the errors in Mike Daisey's story about visiting Foxconn, which makes iPads and other products for Apple in China. Marketplace's China correspondent Rob Schmitz discovered the...
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Retracting "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory" - This American Life
We've learned that Mike Daisey's story about Apple in China contained significant fabrications.
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India had to amend the laws to allow 48 hr work week in factories from 40 hours, and also allow women to work night shifts. There is a fine line between exploitation and people who want to work as much as possible and retire in 5-10 years.
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Alexndar
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I'm sure some would if it's not a ridiculous difference. But, I'm also sure it wouldn't be enough.
macfacts
macrumors 603
I doubt workers would get paid $100/hr or it would take 35 hours to assemble 1 iPhone.
ThomasJL
macrumors 68020
This is the official one-minute video of the "Make in India" initiative that was shown worldwide starting in 2014:
And this is an unofficial animated video explaining what "Make in India" is:
They put the completed iphone into a box and assemble it with the cable and charger
No wait, just the phone.
You didn’t see any pictures of scratches phones out of the box of iPhones „assembled in India” ? Well, I saw many on web after 15 series launch and I didn’t make it up… I’m pointing out what many people experienced. So stop being ignorant and use google and YouTube first and notice facts I’m talking about and then say I’m racist.
Example of your „quality control” below…
In my country they still sell India-made phones cheaper for a reason. But hey, they just started and mistakes can happen. I hope they get better soon.
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wbeasley
macrumors 68030
any company can have quality issues. Apple usually sets a very high bar.
by "many", how many exactly? of the millions built and sold...
India starting to scale up, during/after covid was probably always going to be a challenge.
the most common quality issue story i can find is 50% of CASINGS having issues. And being caught before use/sale.
given phones have ID codes, it would be very easy to work backwards and find out who added what part.
pretty sure they would be either retrained or removed if a finger pointed at repeat offenders.
phones come with warranties. if you had a faulty one, they would replace it.
like anything, photograph it as you unbox if you have any concerns to prove it arrived that way.
just remember over the years we've had comments/jokes about quality of goods in Japan and Korea and Mexico and anywhere things have been made where labour is cheap. it still reads as racist without a pile of evidence rather than a few anecdotes or posts from one person.