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i think you didn't read the article? They cited a study that claimed that since the majority of iphone cost is materials and logistics, making it in america wou
by encoderer 15y ago
i think you didn't read the article? They cited a study that claimed that since the majority of iphone cost is materials and logistics, making it in america would only add $65 to the production cost of a single phone.
But the real barrier is that making all the screws, the gaskets, etc, is all overseas and it would be prohibitive to have to ship those raw materials.
And sure, to make ALL those things -- American all the way down -- would be quite expensive. But nobody is advocating for more american factories making screws.
- learc83 15y ago>making it in america would only add $65 to the production cost of a single phone. I did read the article. I wasn't talking about total money to make an iPhone in the US; I was talking about total money to employ 200,000 workers. Sure we could make it in the US, but it wouldn't add anywhere near 200,000 workers. The OP was talking about employment value.
- jellicle 15y ago> making it in america would only add $65 to the production cost of a single phone This is false. Making it in America would remove $65 (if that was indeed the figure, which is very doubtful) from the profit of the device. The price wouldn't change. Product pricing has nothing to do with the cost to make it, but is instead whatever the market will bear.