Apple Suspends Business With iPhone Supplier Pegatron for Labor Violations

[Manzanito]

Please do some research before posting... yes you were exaggerating for effect, but the reality is a significant, but not huge jump. I for one would be fine to pay a premium to support jobs in the US (why I buy premium priced clothes from American Giant):

From Vox:

"If Apple managed to bring manufacturing jobs to the United States, analysts say that assembling the iPhone here wouldn’t actually make it much more expensive. As Konstantin Kakaes wrote in the MIT Technology Review in 2016, putting together the iPhone in the US from parts made abroad would only cost about $30 to $40 more per phone, a modest increase for a device with a 64 percent profit margin. Even if every part was made in the US, an iPhone would cost about $100 more, Kakaes concluded, assuming raw materials were still purchased on global markets."

From Investopedia:

"According to Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, the reason to build in China is not because of the lower labor costs. If this were the case, Apple could make its phones in even cheaper locations. The main reason, according to Cook, is the skill required in tooling engineering. He claims that the specific skill set is no longer available in the U.S., but in China the expertise is prevalent."

But that wouldn’t translate into 100$ more for the final price. To maintain margins, apple would have to increase the price further.

I don’t know the figures, but I’m guessing apple sells more iPhones outside the USA than in their domestic market. People from around the globe might not find compelling a, say, 130$ price increase just to have their phones assembled in a different foreign country.

Also, it might not be feasible at all. Remember the mac pro screws issue, for instance.

 

[justperry]

Your opinion. Mine is they were overworked and or misused, that squarely fits into definition of abuse. Easy on the dramatics and trying to take it out of proportion.


verb
/əˈbyo͞oz/

1. 1.
   use (something) to bad effect or for a bad purpose; misuse.
   "the judge abused his power by imposing the fines"
   
   Similar:
   misuse
   misapply
   misemploy
   mishandle
   exploit
   pervert
   take advantage of

Nope, not my opinion.

Apple said it didn’t find evidence of forced or underage labor in Pegatron’s case

This is not abuse.

 

[ericwn]

It is crazy how we perceive Apple as a premium brand, but they are really products being manufactured by cheap Chinese labor.

I love my iPhone 12 Pro, but stories like these make me feel gross about supporting a company like Apple. It is time to invest in the country that made them rich, or get out.

But didn’t they invest in China, the country that made them rich and then richer?