Understandable. It was meant as a wordplay-joke, of course. ✌🏼I didn't know whether to use a mad emoji or a funny emoji for that one. Arrggh.
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Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro Sales Are in Big Trouble Due to Foxconn Factory Protests
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It's hard to make a joke in a discussion like this and not come off as a being tone-deaf. Yours was pretty masterful. Bravo.
My iPhone 11 Pro Max is acting so crazy, and so I ordered an iPhone 14 Pro Max in October. It’s been delayed until January. And I was thinking today do I just get whatever iPhone is available, or should I try the Samsung Flip. I can’t wait, my phone is unusable. And the way I’m a die hard Apple fan, considering my options is very bad for Apple.
I had a 14 Pro 1TB on order, was delayed until January. So I just canceled the order, maybe try again sometime next year. Meanwhile I'll stick with my XS.
On CNBC yesterday they were saying all the Fortune 100 companies have begun to reconfigure their supply chains to reduce dependence on China. Apple was mentioned specifically, and they said while the decision was made, Apple is trying to do it "quietly" as to not trigger blowback from China. And that it would take many years, as it isn't just final assembly of iPhones that is done in China, but many of the parts are produced there to.
India is good for apple cheaper slave labor and similar dystopian country.
India has real elections and mechanisms for addressing issues. China has....CCP.India is no better in their treatment of workers.
Thousands of Indian factories under scrutiny over 'miserable' conditions
A southern Indian state is inspecting more than 7,000 garment factories and spinning mills after the national human rights watchdog raised concerns over "miserable" working conditions.www.reuters.com
Indian factory workers supplying major brands allege routine exploitation
Workers in Indian factories supplying Tesco, Sainsbury's, Marks and Spencer and Ralph Lauren say they are being exploited.www.bbc.com
Zara, Nike, and Abercrombie’s Indian Factories Weren’t Fully Paying Workers
During the last two years, more than 1,000 clothing suppliers in Karnataka, India, allegedly failed to pay their workers nearly $60 million in wages.www.vice.com
Report: iPhone Factory In India Committed Multiple Labor Violations, Underpaid Wages
The unreleased government report is part of an investigation into a labor protest that turned violent last week.www.forbes.com
There’s a reason Apple has been the last tech brand standing in this year of deteriorating demand.
There’s a reason after past shortages a delayed purchase behavior was observed among Apple users.
There’s a reason Apple’s ecosystem is as sticky as it gets.
But sure I will believe Kuo going full fortune teller about next year’s economic environment and iPhone demand disappearing like tears in rain.
Yep, I’m concerned but in it for the long haul.
No it won’t.
If I want another phone I can get it.
The ideal situation is to have them made in America using robotic technology. It's time to remove people from the equation. Initially Apple will have to invest in the infrastructure, but then it will be very cheap to manufacture them moving forward.
I’d imagine so. Millions of iPhones don’t just appear. It’s crazy to think what apple has going on there to get that going. I took operations mgmt back in college. No thanks. That’s why they pay Tim the money.
Yeah, you tell him! Send TC an email and enlighten him with a piece of your mind.
Cracks me up that most people here believe Apple puts no thought into their iPhone manufacturing decisions, and hasn't gamed out all sorts of future possibilities.
Life goes on. Apple will continue to do fine.
Just wait until the 15 at this point unless you really really really really need one and if this still goes on, make sure you buy one on release day
He was only talking demand for this current quarter. That it won’t be deferred til next quarter.
However if you’re correct and it is deferred then expect next quarter to be a super one. Plan your stock buy accordingly.
Good. Give people a break from the annual upgrade. It might make some realise that they’re wasting their money on a luxury that they want rather than need.
So, China not only has a huge team of manufacturing engineers, but their bench is also huge. Apple can put out a bid for a type of fastener and a hundred companies will show up instead of, like, two companies that might have the capacity to make 1 percent of the needed volume of parts. So, sure, the labor is less expensive than in the US, but seriously? We have decided not to educate our own workforce to that level. (Not counting subsidies to the fast food industry for entry level jobs, which are simplified to the worker pushing a button on a cash register that actually has the picture of the food being ordered on it.)
The cheap labor chickens have finally come home to roost, no matter the country China, India, Vietnam wherever. Maybe Apple takes the profit multiples down a few?
Well you know the above won’t fly. Not to mention the supposed “benefits” are made up.Well stop releasing new phones every year, and their will be more demand for new ones when they come, it will also help develop further hardware changes, because the only real changes year on year seem to be the camera
Just be honest - people aren’t buying it because it was a minuscule, almost useless, update cycle. And because it’s too expensive in the middle of the greatest US recession in over 45 years.
Let’s not blame the hardworking Chinese workers for low sales. Be transparent for once and admit to your shortcomings.
Let’s not blame the hardworking Chinese workers for low sales. Be transparent for once and admit to your shortcomings.