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Bad headlines aside, its remarkable that its only $4 more expensive to make a phone in the USA! Why in the world aren't more electronics being made in the USA t
by samspenc 13y ago
Bad headlines aside, its remarkable that its only $4 more expensive to make a phone in the USA! Why in the world aren't more electronics being made in the USA then? (Think quality control and product security, at least.)
- greenyoda 13y agoThe article addresses that: "Unlike U.S. plants, Foxconn and other Chinese manufacturing operations house employees in dormitories and can send hundreds of thousands of workers to the assembly lines at a moment's notice. Workers are subjected to what most Americans would consider unbearably long hours and tough working conditions. That system gives tech companies the efficiency needed to race products out the door. Plus, most of the component suppliers for tech companies are also in China or other Asian countries. That gives companies the flexibility to change a product design at the last minute and still ship on time."