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iPhone 11 Now Being Manufactured at Foxconn Plant in India
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Why is a Chinese made iPhone more interesting to you than one from India?
Sooooo.... what's the point of making them in USA, if it's only giving a "Small number of workforce" jobs? Isn't the whole point of "Made in USA" to provide jobs to PEOPLE in USA? At this point, you've tripled/quadrupled the price of an iPhone, but we only get an SE and not the cool features of the 11 Pro, you've given a few people jobs, and cut Apple's customer base down to the point where Samsung (a Korean company) has an even greater market share. I'm not sure that's really doing us any good ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’m am not going to make your point for you. Look it up yourself is usually the end of a debate. In return I take it that you have not seen the plant in question nor have any specific data on said plant producing said product and your point is solely based on the overall feeling you have.
I am of course highly interested in any significant studies comparing products of the same model year in both countries in case you have more data.
I actually never said that the point is only to provide jobs to people in USA. The other reason that is also very important, is to have pride that you are building your products right here on your nation and being independent from foreign countries especially oprresive regimes like china so that they don't control the means of production for products of such an iconic american company, like apple. But as I said previously, if it is not possible to make products 100% in the USA then at least choose a country to outsource like India, Mexico or South America that don't openly seek to dominate and enslave other nations like China does.
Fair point. I have nothing against the Chinese people that work in the plants - and I believe Apple's policies are helping the working conditions there. But it can't hurt to diversify the manufacturing. As I mentioned, I don't think it's feasible to make iPhones in sufficient quantity in USA, regardless of the price - we just don't have a sizable enough workforce in one spot, and if greater "automation" were feasible they'd be using it already in China. I think some iPhones are made in Brazil already, and of course India. Mostly those are for domestic consumption I think, but if they can increase capacity to export - I'm all for it. We can't forget though, we live in a global economy. Apple's competition (with phones anyway) is not in the USA, they're in Korea or Japan or China. Yes, when you buy an iPhone "some portion" of the cost goes to China. But a large portion stays in the USA. If you make Apple less competitive, most of the cost of another brand leaves the country.
The average american thinks they are overworked and underpaid. I'm sure they would do a great job.