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>There are 0 components in an iPhone that are manufactured outside of Asia. I'm pretty sure this is false. For one, Gorilla Glass is manufactured in New York.

vlovich123 4y ago
Gorilla glass is not an electronics component (which I recognize isn’t what I wrote but is what I had in mind). The display is made in Asia.
- midoridensha 4y ago
  It may not be an electronics component, but it's an extremely vital part of the device. Modern phones would not be what they are without Gorilla Glass: the slightest mishandling would smash the screen.
  - vlovich123 4y ago
    Electronics components are materially different in the supply chain. If Corning fails to deliver their next gen glass on time, I suspect Apple has contingencies in place (eg using the current gen). Production doesn’t change. If that happens to an electronic component it can seriously fuck up your schedule for setting the assembly line / shipping the phone on time. It’s not about the complexity of the component but the impact it has on production schedule. The CPU would be the worst since it’s super complex AND literally the brain of every phone. Now maybe because it’s in house it’s less of a concern (ie schedule has enough practice that they’re not worried about tape out and on time delivery). Or maybe I’m really wrong on how the iPhone supply chain actually looks like since it’s outside my area of expertise and I’m making conclusions based on second hand information that’s years out of date. Hence my original question. But random hypothesizing won’t answer that question.
  - vlovich123 4y ago
    I’ll correct myself. I’d like to see evidence gorilla glass itself is made outside Asia. Apple’s supplier list has manufacturing locations in SK and Taiwan for gorilla glass. I think Kentucky only makes engineering samples and/or the equipment for SK/Taiwan that’s used in manufacturing. They don’t make the actual component going onto your iPhone.
    - midoridensha 4y ago
      According to Corning's own website, Wikipedia (where you got your info) is wrong: https://www.corning.com/gorillaglass/worldwide/en/faqs.html#:~:text=WHERE%20IS%20GORILLA%20GLASS%20MADE,States%2C%20Japan%2C%20and%20Taiwan https://www.corning.com/gorillaglass/worldwide/en/faqs.html#.... Wikipedia's citation for SK leads to a broken link on Corning's site, for a news article from 2014.

vlovich123 4y ago

Gorilla glass is not an electronics component (which I recognize isn’t what I wrote but is what I had in mind). The display is made in Asia.

midoridensha 4y ago
It may not be an electronics component, but it's an extremely vital part of the device. Modern phones would not be what they are without Gorilla Glass: the slightest mishandling would smash the screen.
- vlovich123 4y ago
  Electronics components are materially different in the supply chain. If Corning fails to deliver their next gen glass on time, I suspect Apple has contingencies in place (eg using the current gen). Production doesn’t change. If that happens to an electronic component it can seriously fuck up your schedule for setting the assembly line / shipping the phone on time. It’s not about the complexity of the component but the impact it has on production schedule. The CPU would be the worst since it’s super complex AND literally the brain of every phone. Now maybe because it’s in house it’s less of a concern (ie schedule has enough practice that they’re not worried about tape out and on time delivery). Or maybe I’m really wrong on how the iPhone supply chain actually looks like since it’s outside my area of expertise and I’m making conclusions based on second hand information that’s years out of date. Hence my original question. But random hypothesizing won’t answer that question.
- vlovich123 4y ago
  I’ll correct myself. I’d like to see evidence gorilla glass itself is made outside Asia. Apple’s supplier list has manufacturing locations in SK and Taiwan for gorilla glass. I think Kentucky only makes engineering samples and/or the equipment for SK/Taiwan that’s used in manufacturing. They don’t make the actual component going onto your iPhone.
  - midoridensha 4y ago
    According to Corning's own website, Wikipedia (where you got your info) is wrong: https://www.corning.com/gorillaglass/worldwide/en/faqs.html#:~:text=WHERE%20IS%20GORILLA%20GLASS%20MADE,States%2C%20Japan%2C%20and%20Taiwan https://www.corning.com/gorillaglass/worldwide/en/faqs.html#.... Wikipedia's citation for SK leads to a broken link on Corning's site, for a news article from 2014.