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Photos of Brazilian-Made 8 GB iPhone 4 Surface

ipedro said:
Not only are you a racist but you're not very bright either. Since when does Brazil have a border anywhere near the United States (let alone Canada)?
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Just for clarification: we already had the maps way before iPhone began being manufactured here. There's the Internet and Google Maps is available worldwide, y'know?

And we also already had iPhones too. I myself have an iPhone 4 32gb made in China. The only difference of assembling it here is avoid paying US$1000 for this iPhone (current price in Brazilian market).
 
DanielSw said:
Why didn't you pay attention in History class? Brazil was discovered and colonized by the Portuguese back in the 1600s.
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April 22 of 1500, actually.

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zorinlynx said:
>High Brazilian import taxes on goods such as the iPhone and iPad have resulted in slow adoption of Apple's devices in the world's fifth most populous country.

Oh hello, it looks like Brazil has figured out how to stop the outsourcing plague that has been screwing up the economy in the USA and Europe.

MAYBE WE SHOULD, I dunno... FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE.
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It should have been done long ago in the US. Now China holds a bunch of USA's foreign debt and there is also the recession. US government can't do that now since that would go against China interests and in the short term it would probably aggravate the recession you're fighting.

The problem is that there's never a good moment to do it. When everybody is making money, nobody changes it because everybody is making money. When everybody is loosing money, nobody changes it because it would cause you to loose more money.

It's one of those problems that should be solved later. But later never comes.

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Westside guy said:
Slow news day, I guess. Or have people really been holding their breath and thinking "Gee, I can hardly wait until those 8GB iPhone 4's start being manufactured in Brazil!"
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Some of us have.
 
The "Industria Brasileira" writing is new. But the ANATEL logo is on all iPhones ever sold here legally. My chinese iPhone 4 has it, my 3GS had it, and my 3G had it...

Still, nice news.
 
It would be cool if all iPhones were assembled in the country in which they would be sold. Obviously never going to happen, but in a perfect world that'd be pretty cool.
 
leandropls said:
For those wondering why it's written "Indústria Brasileira" and not something like "Made in Brazil", it's a regulatory issue. The law here in Brasil requires that industrialized products made here have the standard saying "Indústria Brasileira" for control by the tax authority.
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Plus it's a nice touch I think. Less boringthan the "made in..." we see everywhere.
Currently learning Portuguese and liking it.
 
Gotta love Apple's Business Model. Too many Tax's & Fees? Go half's with Foxconn and build the 4 Billion Facility in Country. It's nice to have 80 Billion in Cash Reserves.

Now if Americans were only willing to work for $27.25 a day. ;)

"The Assimilation Continues." :apple:
 
Mr. Pink said:
This phone also comes with a one week pass to Porto Alegre's finest nude beaches.

Good for Brasil and the factory employees. Hopefully they're treated well.
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It would be nice if Porto Alegre had any nude beach. Nicer if it had a beach with seawater. The city is surrounded by a lake whose shore at the most part isn't suitable for swimming or bathing.
 
brdeveloper said:
It would be nice if Porto Alegre had any nude beach. Nicer if it had a beach with seawater. The city is surrounded by a lake whose shore at the most part isn't suitable for swimming or bathing.
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In related news, I recently found out there is no man from Nantucket who... you know the rest. Apparently, it was all some sort of joke meant to humor others.

I'm glad we had this talk, Literal Larry.
 
Mr. Pink said:
In related news, I recently found out there is no man from Nantucket who... you know the rest. Apparently, it was all some sort of joke meant to humor others.

I'm glad we had this talk, Literal Larry.
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Ok, I just found funny the Porto Alegre's choice. It could be Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São Paulo, the rain forest, all of them more popular choices for brazilian-related jokes...
 
Westside guy said:
Slow news day, I guess. Or have people really been holding their breath and thinking "Gee, I can hardly wait until those 8GB iPhone 4's start being manufactured in Brazil!"
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They will sold well here, although I prefer my "inexpensive" (and expansible) Nokia N8 16GB+microSD slot (now with 16GB inside). iPhone 4 8GB probably will cost more than N8 providing less features (no FM transmitter, no 12MP/CarlZeiss/xenon flash, no Garmin-like experience with Nokia Maps, no HDMI output with included adapter...). Ok, I'm looking like a Nokia Fanboy, but hopefully we'll have a competitive priced iPhone 5 in Brazil around 2012.
 
Just because iPhones are made here in Brazil it doesn't mean it will be cheap. There are several other taxes that make the product not so affordable. I will keep buying my iPhones in the US and ask for someone to send it for me here.

My unlocked iPhone 4S is on its way...:)
 
Fake screenshot

The screenshot (of the usage screen anyway) is fake -- unless I'm tripping out.

1. Settings app does not have blue nav/title bars. (If the Brazilian build was in fact different it would show a different build number, not the iOS 5.0 GM 9A334 build)

2. It's supposedly running iOS 5 but it depicts the old-style iOS 4 Usage screen.
 
Brazil....

I live in Brazil....

Brazil is Cool and Sexy!!!!! but taxes here are realy, realy high.... An iPhone costs about 1200 american dollars (2000 brazilian Reais)....

The government in Brazil.... realy sucks.... its inveficient and expensive for citizens...

BUUUUTTTT people is very friendly.... and sexy (in a good way).....

go to google images and type some of the sentences below, just to have a clue what Brazil is?

- florianopolis praias
- jurere internacional
- porto seguro bahia
- musas brasileirão 2011
- noite paulistana
- baladas são paulo

enjoy!!!!
 
PadreQuevedo said:
Just because iPhones are made here in Brazil it doesn't mean it will be cheap. There are several other taxes that make the product not so affordable. I will keep buying my iPhones in the US and ask for someone to send it for me here.

My unlocked iPhone 4S is on its way...:)
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What does it cost to purchase an iPhone 4 that is manufactured there in Brazil?
 
deannnnn said:
It would be cool if all iPhones were assembled in the country in which they would be sold. Obviously never going to happen, but in a perfect world that'd be pretty cool.
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Get a grip people. If Apple's products were built in the US,
1: They would built with low quality materials and parts
2: would be just as if not more expensive due to government regulations, embedded taxes, and unions.
3: Sales would be dismal due to the above and because Apple couldn't afford to offer a products they sell today made here at competative prices.

Sure you say, well what about the foreign auto manufacturerers. They build and sell their cars over here. Think about how much of the price of cars includes all the reasons I stated above. Don't be fooled into thinking "made in the U.S.A" is going to be such a good thing. The standard of living in the U.S today and our corrupt congress wont allow it.
 
If I had a choice between Made in China or "Indústria Brasileira", I would pick the latter - so I will view this as positive news.
 
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