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> Or rather, they’re building the software for the phone and working with a third party to actually build the hardware. Which is exactly what Apple and everyone
by dekz 16y ago
> Or rather, they’re building the software for the phone and working with a third party to actually build the hardware. Which is exactly what Apple and everyone else does, too.
What? Apples and oranges. Apple designed the hardware, they're a hardware company. What TechCrunch?
- olalonde 16y agoBut they outsource the actual manufacturing to FoxConn.
- mlinsey 16y agoThe point is that outsourcing the manufacturing (like Apple) is extremely different from outsourcing the hardware design. That the iPhone's hardware and software is designed under one roof is a huge advantage. It's extremely unlikely that Facebook has hired out the hardware engineering and industrial design teams needed to go the Apple route. If they were doing that, someone would have probably noticed by now.
- olalonde 16y agoWhy the down votes? I was simply pointing out what TC might have meant by "building". Everyone and their mother knows Apple doesn't outsource hardware design.
- code_duck 16y agoRight, like everyone else.
- lzw 16y agoBless techcrunch's heart, they do not understand the difference between outsourcing design and manufacturing, that is what happened to the crunchpad!