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Automation is a big unknown facing Chinese manufacturing. Eventually the West will have robotic lines that can manufacture iPhones cheaper than Chinese laborers
by nealabq 13y ago
Automation is a big unknown facing Chinese manufacturing. Eventually the West will have robotic lines that can manufacture iPhones cheaper than Chinese laborers. When, and what happens next, is anyone's guess.
- jl6 13y agoThen neither the West nor East will have jobs and millions more will join the ranks of "human surplus"...
- chris_mahan 13y agoRobots don't buy iPhones, or pay for data plans from Verizon and AT&T.
- richardw 13y agoChina is unlikely to be left too far behind in any robotic revolution. Foxconn's been building a "million-robot army", likely to build the aforementioned iPhones. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2043026/foxconn-to-speed-up-robot-army-deployment-20000-robots-already-in-its-factories.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/2043026/foxconn-to-speed-up-r...
- fleitz 13y agoDoesn't matter, the supply chain is in China.