Are there any skilled workers in the United States who are willing to do the job for a monthly pay of $400? The idea of making iPhones in the United States is an illusion.

Isn’t the counter argument to this ‘Americans don’t want to work in factories’ argument automation? Free people from this factory enslavement. I guess iPhones are too small and intricate, for the time being?

Another thing is whether in consumer in US willing to buy made in USA iPhone or other items with higher price? There's a reason Dollar tree and Dollar store become more and more popular in US.

Prison labor is the answer. 1.2 million of the best and brightest.

We all, except the MAGA cult members, see his point. But $400 is the weekly wage of someone working 40 hours a week.

Peter NeilToday 08:43 am JST

Prison labor is the answer. 1.2 million of the best and brightest.

And you expect to get good engineers and even assembly line workers out of that?

No, I’m expecting to find people with a sense of humor.

It took Apple about 20 years to set up its iPhone production in China. starting with early partnerships and evolving to a highly complex and integrated supply chain. 

Production can't be moved back to the US with a flick of a switch. No one will pay $3,500 for an iPhone. The market outside of the US is now bigger than the one in it.

iPhone has 18% of the global market. It’s not like everyone has an iPhone.

Easy to far better automate iPhone production, so Trump and Co. targeting advanced manufacturing, not sweat shops

HopeSpringsEternal

Easy to far better automate iPhone production, so Trump and Co. targeting advanced manufacturing, not sweat shops

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