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Maybe this is a stupid/naive question but why doesn’t Samsung make their phones in Korea?
by JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
Maybe this is a stupid/naive question but why doesn’t Samsung make their phones in Korea?
- bnt 7y agoExpensive
- Simulacra 7y agoProbably labor cost. An anecdote: There’s a really good book called China Inc. that has a story about a belt manufacture in America. The American executive tours a belt manufacture in China one day. He sees that all of the leather hides that have blemishes are being used whereas he would have to discard them. The Chinese factory had so many workers that were paid so little, they could afford to pay someone to cut out small, even tiny patches of leather, and glue them into the blemishes of the belts. It hit the guy so hard that he decided then and there to close his factory in America and move it to China.
- coldtea 7y agoWhy doesn't Apple make their phones in the USA?
- Simulacra 7y agoLabor costs, unions, and ..well..it's just not profitable for them. Apple is in business to make money, by any means necessary. Helping the American economy and labor force is not a priority.
- gnopgnip 7y agoThe total cost is lower in Vietnam, partly due to environmental concerns, labor cost, taxes, permitting.
- Simulacra 7y agoProbably labor cost. An anecdote: There’s a really good book called China Inc. that has a story about a belt manufacture in America. The American executive tours a belt manufacture in China one day. He sees that all of the leather hides that have blemishes are being used whereas he would have to discard them. The Chinese factory had so many workers that were paid so little, they could afford to pay someone to cut out small, even tiny patches of leather, and glue them into the blemishes of the belts. It hit the guy so hard that he decided then and there to close his factory in America and move it to China.