Apple Vision Pro Now Made in Vietnam

[MacRumors]

Apple's new Vision Pro with the M5 chip and the Dual Knit headband are assembled in Vietnam, Bloomberg reports.

The original Vision Pro with the M2 chip was manufactured in China by Luxshare, which also makes some AirPods models. The move demonstrates Apple's increasing shift away from China. While it still makes most iPhones in the country, many of its other devices sold in the United States are being produced elsewhere.

Apple's upcoming wave of new smart home devices, including a smart home display, indoor security camera, and tabletop robot, will also be made in Vietnam, according to Bloomberg.

With the iPhone 17 lineup, most models sold in the United States are made in India. Most AirPods, Apple Watches, iPads, and HomePods are now made in Vietnam. An increasing number of Macs are now made in Thailand and Malaysia. Earlier this year, Apple announced plans to make the cover glass for all iPhones and Apple Watches in the United States.




Article Link: Apple Vision Pro Now Made in Vietnam

 

[everythingisspatial]

Assembled does not mean "made" MacRumors lol

 

[opeter]

Most of these stuff (components) is still produced/made in PRC (People Republic of China - or simpy China if you want).

 

[Sami13496]

How responsible these companies are? Does Apple even care?

 

[Boeingfan]

Good to see the exploitation is being diversified.

 

[Rychiar]

Weren’t they essentially already made? I really feel like Apple is just popping in the m5 chip here or they would’ve at least upgraded the Wi-Fi

 

[Hajj.david]

Good to see the exploitation is being diversified.

Providing jobs is now exploitation? So poverty and starvation is freedom per you then?

If the AVP is being made in veitnam
Why did mine ship out of china

 

[Boeingfan]

Providing jobs is now exploitation? So poverty and starvation is freedom per you then?

If the AVP is being made in veitnam
Why did mine ship out of china

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Haha just because there’s jobs doesn’t mean there’s no poverty. Why do you think china is the manufacturing hub of the world instead of the USA? Exploitation of low wages, with a side of beatings and a torture garnish.

 

[Happy_John]

Weren’t they essentially already made? I really feel like Apple is just popping in the m5 chip here or they would’ve at least upgraded the Wi-Fi

They're not taking apart completed units, desoldering the M2 chip and soldering on the M5 chip. Most of the component were already completed and sitting in warehouses, due to lower than expected demand - it seems with the Visiosn Pro they adopted a policy of only assembling at last minute, to match demand.

 

[Makosuke]

Providing jobs is now exploitation? So poverty and starvation is freedom per you then?

If the AVP is being made in veitnam
Why did mine ship out of china

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I had the exact same question—mine shipped from Shanghai as well.

It’s of course possible that things are made elsewhere and warehoused there, but that seems a bit questionable.

 

[Hajj.david]

I had the exact same question—mine shipped from Shanghai as well.

It’s of course possible that things are made elsewhere and warehoused there, but that seems a bit questionable.

I mean one of the points of moving out of china was to avoid tariffs, not sure it makes sense to ship from china given that. Seems strange.

 

[Makosuke]

I mean one of the points of moving out of china was to avoid tariffs, not sure it makes sense to ship from china given that. Seems strange.

Absolutely. But (from an admittedly ignorant position) I can also imagine that there’s some arcane system through which a shipper can maintain a staging warehouse or hub in a third nation without incurring tariffs on items stored there but manufactured elsewhere.

So maybe (although this seems doubtful) Apple gives pallets of products to UPS, they stage them in a Shanghai hub, and they leave from there when ready.

The one that bugs me, though, is the Zeiss optical inserts; for some reason those also shipped from China (Guangzhou), but unlike the Vision Pro itself sat in some kind of government clearance queue for most of a day and now shows an “oversized or overweight exception” on the tracking info.

Apple has certainly mastered the art of getting hundreds of thousands of products from a warehouse near the factory to your door on launch day, but Zeiss apparently can’t manage to get some glasses delivered on the same schedule.