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It takes a decade to build up a supply chain for complex electronics products. Even though Apple, Foxconn, Wistron have started building in India, it's going to
by radicaldreamer 4y ago
It takes a decade to build up a supply chain for complex electronics products. Even though Apple, Foxconn, Wistron have started building in India, it's going to be a while before it's able to service the capacity that China is at and even longer before margins (both quality and profit) are up to where they are with their Chinese lines (which are more like city sized factories with tons of supporting infrastructure).
- rvnx 4y agoThere is also this thing that working in Foxconn factories is apparently very though. And pushing the problem to third-parties seems to be very convenient in terms of reputation and salaries/contract.
- borissk 4y agoYeah, Samsung somewhat recently started assembling phones in India, but they are a lot lower build quality compared to their Vietnamese or SK made units. Probably within a year or two India factory will catch up on quality, but unlike Samsung (who have a lot of budget models) Apple can't afford to ship internationally bad quality iPhones for a couple of years.
- boundlessdreamz 4y agoWhat's the source for lower build quality of Samsung's Indian made handsets?
- borissk 4y agoPersonal experience.