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I feel the worker expertise is overblown by Cook to justify his business decisions, Samsung basically doesn't produce any cellphone in China now, do Samsung pho

I feel the worker expertise is overblown by Cook to justify his business decisions, Samsung basically doesn't produce any cellphone in China now, do Samsung phones require little expertise to make? Since Apple production employs cities of people, and the unempolment rates in China likely are at alarming levels, to further lock in Apple and Foxconn should be the reasonable move for Chinese govs, while angling for more cooperation from Apple.

nabla9 7y ago
Samsung's market share in China is below 1 percent. Maintaining market share and the brand in massive Chinese markets is important for the long term. Just 5-10 percent can be good enough for a luxury brand like Apple. Apple might be willing to eat the cost of tariffs if it helps them to avoid political backlash that can shut them out from the markets completely. Keeping China as the part of the value chain may be condition for the market access.
- AFascistWorld 7y ago
  That's the patriot backlash Samsung paid for, Samsung phones were the best and most swanky in China before it.
- Shivetya 7y ago
  to be honest why as consumers do we not object to Apple pursuing China profits from both sales and manufacture when China's human right abuses keep coming right and left and their never ending threat toward Taiwan? Apple touts their stance on human rights at every opportunity in the West but looks away in the East and this hypocrisy is something they need to be called to the carpet on. They need to move manufacturing out of China as the rest of world should until China ends the threat towards Taiwan and end the persecution of Hindu and Muslim citizens, if not others.
  - nabla9 7y ago
    Rational boycott based on human rights should involve Wal-Mart, Amazon, Nike. etc. It should be followed with boycott to imports from Russia, Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc.
  - selimthegrim 7y ago
    Which Hindus is China persecuting?
    - belltaco 7y ago
      He probably meant Buddhists.
  - threatofrain 7y ago
    People ultimately do their values with their hands. Perhaps most people don’t care very much and what you hear are loud tech people.

nabla9 7y ago

Samsung's market share in China is below 1 percent. Maintaining market share and the brand in massive Chinese markets is important for the long term. Just 5-10 percent can be good enough for a luxury brand like Apple. Apple might be willing to eat the cost of tariffs if it helps them to avoid political backlash that can shut them out from the markets completely. Keeping China as the part of the value chain may be condition for the market access.

AFascistWorld 7y ago
That's the patriot backlash Samsung paid for, Samsung phones were the best and most swanky in China before it.
Shivetya 7y ago
to be honest why as consumers do we not object to Apple pursuing China profits from both sales and manufacture when China's human right abuses keep coming right and left and their never ending threat toward Taiwan? Apple touts their stance on human rights at every opportunity in the West but looks away in the East and this hypocrisy is something they need to be called to the carpet on. They need to move manufacturing out of China as the rest of world should until China ends the threat towards Taiwan and end the persecution of Hindu and Muslim citizens, if not others.
- nabla9 7y ago
  Rational boycott based on human rights should involve Wal-Mart, Amazon, Nike. etc. It should be followed with boycott to imports from Russia, Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc.
- selimthegrim 7y ago
  Which Hindus is China persecuting?
  - belltaco 7y ago
    He probably meant Buddhists.
- threatofrain 7y ago
  People ultimately do their values with their hands. Perhaps most people don’t care very much and what you hear are loud tech people.