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How Much Would Donald Trump's American-Made iPhone Actually Cost?
- dozzie 11y agoAnd... there's no estimation of how much would it cost.
- DrScump 11y ago"It would be kind of nutty to ship components halfway around the world [from Asia to the US], adding a layer of complexity to the manufacturing process when everything is much more easily accessible in Asia.” Well, except that the raw materials used are being shipped to those plants in the first place... and shipping costs are at historical lows. "Doing some back-of-the-envelope math, Wiens said that consumers could pay around $50 more for an iPhone that was assembled in the US versus one that was assembled in China." The last figure I saw was something like $16.84 total labor assembly costs for the iPhone 5.