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I'm interested in learning more about this. Could you links some resources, especially around the manufacturing equipment?
by yumyumyumyumyum 9y ago
I'm interested in learning more about this. Could you links some resources, especially around the manufacturing equipment?
- snowwrestler 9y agohttps://blog.bolt.io/no-you-cant-manufacture-that-like-apple-does-93bea02a3bbf https://blog.bolt.io/no-you-cant-manufacture-that-like-apple... https://www.engadget.com/2011/08/04/apples-hold-on-metal-chassis-supply-chain-hinders-competition/ https://www.engadget.com/2011/08/04/apples-hold-on-metal-cha... Discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2848283 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2848283 > When Apple's iPhone4 was nearing production, Foxconn and Apple discovered that the metal frame was so specialized that it could be made only by an expensive, low-volume machine usually reserved for prototypes. Apple's designers wouldn't budge on their specs, so Gou ordered more than 1,000 of the $20,000 machines from Tokyo-based Fanuc. Most companies have just one. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_38/b4195058423479.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_38/b41950584...