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A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy (www.404media.co)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

While having every single component of the iPhone being manufactured in the US (something along the lines of RCA pre-1970) is indeed pure fantasy. You could hypothetically assemble the iPhone in the US, with many of the components being locally produced.

But for that, you would need a competitive smartphone market (i.e. no 35% margin for Apple, they would have to deal with 2%-3% profit margin, 5% tops) and Americans consumers would have to be exposed to the true cost of the device. No annual upgrades through your carrier. You pay $1,500+ for a baseline iPhone and you expect it to last for ~5 years with occasional repair.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

"occasional repair", that shit would be locked down harder to force consoomers to buy a new device as often as possible. Less sales = less money. Only the EU version would be repairable.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I am talking about hypotheticals. Just like saying Apple will tolerate 2% profit margin vs their current ~35%.

It's a thought experiment.

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