Isn't the 'Trump Phone' made in China? Along with all the MAGA hats, t-shirts......
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Trump Administration Reignites Criticism of Apple's China Dependence
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Isn't it iiiiiiiii ronic don't you think. A little tooo iiiii ronic man I really do think.
don't forget those plastic USA flags people have on their cars.
If Trump wants it so bad. He should lead by example. But of course. He will not. His phone will be made in china. Just like all his merchandise. The level of hypocrisy in this administration is astonishing.
iPhones are seemingly made so smoothly now that it may look easy to make them anywhere, just ask Siri or ChatGPT to make the iPhones for you in USA, cheap and with new functions, and by magic it will be done.
On the other hand, iPhone "1" was made outside USA, there were difficulties, why those obstacles can not be sorted out for iPhone America edition?. Off course, priced for American incomes?
On the other hand, iPhone "1" was made outside USA, there were difficulties, why those obstacles can not be sorted out for iPhone America edition?. Off course, priced for American incomes?
Politics aside, the expression on Tim's face in that photo is priceless 😆
The fact is that even if they wanted to move away from China, it would never happen overnight. The US is illequiped for it and I doubt the Trump administration would be willing to invest the money needed to get it started in how ever many years it would take.
They should just nationalize Apple, rebrand to Trumpple (maybe with an orange logo), and see how things go.
If Trump℠ Mobile cannot deliver or even withdraw their promise of making a "made in USA" Trump℠ Phone, then the Trump Administration is not qualified to reignites criticism of Apple's China dependence.
No one else is as big as Apple perhaps?
Threat of Chinese manufacturing overtaking the world needs to be taken seriously. Company like Apple, with its hefty cash reserves, resources and capabilities, should've found 2nd, 3rd, even 4th option by now..
The parts used to assemble iPhones are sourced from countries all over the world. The Trump administration tariffs will certainly apply to much of these materials and parts.
https://www.androidauthority.com/where-is-the-iphone-made-3234349/
Even if assembling the iPhones in the U.S. becomes feasible, is domestically sourcing the parts and materials actually practical or even possible? How's this going to affect the prices that customers pay?
Are there any smartphones made by any manufacturer that contain largely domestic U.S.-sourced parts, and which are assembled within the U.S.?
https://www.androidauthority.com/where-is-the-iphone-made-3234349/
Even if assembling the iPhones in the U.S. becomes feasible, is domestically sourcing the parts and materials actually practical or even possible? How's this going to affect the prices that customers pay?
Are there any smartphones made by any manufacturer that contain largely domestic U.S.-sourced parts, and which are assembled within the U.S.?
LOL Tim's face 
It must be so challenging to sit next to someone so dumb, wherever word is a lie, and everything gets repeated a dozen times. Tim must be thinking like “Am I on being framed?”.
It must be so challenging to sit next to someone so dumb, wherever word is a lie, and everything gets repeated a dozen times. Tim must be thinking like “Am I on being framed?”.
Supply chains (all around China), toxic waste, profit margins some of the most obvious points that come to mind.
Everybody who understands anything about mass worldwide production (and Cook does!) knows that it is better to sit still throughout Trump’s term and then hope that somebody smarter takes office.
And yet…
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/693080/trump-mobile-t1-phone-made-usa
The Trump administration is made of clowns and grifters, and not very smart ones at that.
I guess if you tell everyone that you are grifting, it somehow turns legit?
It’s very dispiriting to read these comments.
My news sources evidence the decline of America to an authoritarian leadership. Ruling by edict, surrounding themselves with stooges and having only two goals.
To make poor people poorer by slashing any funding available for services.
To make rich people significantly richer by slashing any restrictions on their liberty.
And all you guys seem capable of is complaining about the hypocrisy of the Trump phone.
My news sources evidence the decline of America to an authoritarian leadership. Ruling by edict, surrounding themselves with stooges and having only two goals.
To make poor people poorer by slashing any funding available for services.
To make rich people significantly richer by slashing any restrictions on their liberty.
And all you guys seem capable of is complaining about the hypocrisy of the Trump phone.
Originally they argued that it's not just about the labour, it's the lack of supply chain for parts since all the parts required are sourced from asia, so it made sense to do the assembly in asia.
When they moved into India; which is geographically close; it made sense.
Then they moved to brazil; and that sorta throws the whole argument out the window.
The second argument is that labour costs are higher. Well foxconn workers make about $3/hour in china. Which is low for sure; the federal minimum wage in the states is $7.25, which is more than double, but already a pittance. Even if they paid workers $23/hour, i.e. 8x as much as a chinese worker, $20/hour more.. How many hours go into making an iphone? I'd be pulling a number out of my ass; but i would struggle to imagine a worker spending more than 5 hours assembling an iphone; but lets call it 10 hours to be extra sure.
10 hours at $20/hour is $200. They could slap $200 of extra labour cost onto the price of the phone; and that bumps it from $999 to $1199; which is a hefty hike; but that's not 5x as expensive, they'd still make the same profit $ per phone sold.
The reality is; apple don't want to protect their gross profit $, they want to protect their gross margin %.
infrastructure/labor availability/supply chain/red tape
🤣🤣🤣 Tim’s face…….classic……two men with (apart from greed) absolutely nothing in common.
Yep, you're talking of an almost generational change to get it all in the US and affordable.
That is absolute rubbish, America doesn't have the supply chain, the ability to make most of the components, doesn't have the skilled labour, doesn't even have the engineering graduates. There's no possibility that the iPhone could be made in America.
If you want Apple to move production, specifically, to the USA rather than just out of China, give them billions of dollars. Why would they move after investing billions of dollars in their supply chains? Talk about money going down the drain. If you want the possibility of Apple moving to the USA to even come close to ever happening, give them land and money, enough to replace every single thing they would give up in China. Give them 80%, 90%, or 100% replacement value.
If the government is going to put pressure on me to spend money I wouldn’t otherwise spend, the least they can do is make that burden easier on me rather than punishing me with more taxes for not doing it.
If the government is going to put pressure on me to spend money I wouldn’t otherwise spend, the least they can do is make that burden easier on me rather than punishing me with more taxes for not doing it.
where does it say that Trump demanded Apple production in US? This was about production elsewhere in the world, not US. For that I agreed with him.
That seems simple from a cost perspective. I think it's more the case that Apple simply depends too much on its global parts supply and procurement chain to make any sweeping changes. It's not a matter of whether they want to, it's whether it's actually feasible. Even if they moved their product assembly to the U.S., they would still need to source parts from everywhere else. The global interdependence of today's tech manufacturers on an incredibly diverse supply chain is something that most people don't seem to quite understand.