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iPhones are not cheap. Like almost all Apple products, they are expensive compared to comparable competing products. Several studies have shown that iPhones c
by NumberSix 9y ago
iPhones are not cheap. Like almost all Apple products, they are expensive compared to comparable competing products. Several studies have shown that iPhones cost 2-3 times the cost of the components from which they are assembled. Apple claims huge profits and over $200 billion stashed overseas to avoid US taxes.
https://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/30/iphone-6s-plus-component-costs/ https://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/30/iphone-6s-plus-componen...
Apple reported an astonishing $2,136,273 in revenues per employee in 2015. http://www.businessinsider.com/revenue-per-employee-at-apple-facebook-google-others-2016-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/revenue-per-employee-at-apple...
Apple contracts a lot of work out to H1-Bs through firms like Wipro. This may well result in larger profits for Apple, but it certainly does not translate to cheaper products for Americans or jobs for Americans.
- tn135 9y agoiPhones are damn cheap! If iPhones were made in Detroit with minimum wage laws and OSHA and EPA and FTC and other zillion federal overlords it would have cost $5000 and all the iOs developers on HN would not have existed.
- tn135 9y agoNot to mention if you think Apple is profiting hugely from something buy their stock and be part of their success story too.