Friday, March 11, 2016

A cry baby of losing jobs to China

My response:

The original question: Is it OK to move iPhone factory to Vietnam?

We cannot assemble iPhone in the US for many reasons. Here are some basic ones:

1. No rare earth elements enough for the phone.

2. About 40,000 technicians / engineers help iPhone development. We do not even have that number of graduates in the USA. If we do, we have to pay them $100K each and it will add at least another $50 to your iPhone.

3. For a new iPhone, they got thousands and thousands of workers at short notice and require them to work long hours. Our labor laws do not allow us to do so.
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In some cases, China creates jobs. Look at GM, Ford, farm products, Boeing, Microsoft... Do not think in one track only.

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