Apple asked its manufacturers to investigate the possibility of moving iPhone production to the US, report says
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AnonD-444894, 18 Nov 2016Total rubbish. If it says made n Japan then it is made i... moreYea made in Japan, where someone designed it and then sent it to China to be actually made
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mms, 18 Nov 2016The same argument is used from start of industrial revoluti... moreFree trade is what made the industrial revolution so successful, but Trump want to end free trade and isolate USA from the rest of the world!
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AnonD-482637, 18 Nov 2016Robots need maintenance, robots need a control, robots need... moreThe uneducated white "....." that now are unemployed and voted for Trump to bring back manufacturing jobs, do not have the skills to develop robots..., and it takes far less employees to repair... robots than it takes to manufacture without any robots! The problem is not that jobs have gone to China or Mexico, the real problem is that USA have far too many uneducated because it is too expensive to study at university! If the jobs did not go to China or Mexico... then far less chinese, mexicans..., would be able to buy any products, iPhones..., at all because they then would not have any jobs, and Apple... would then have billions less to sell their products to, so free trade... is a win win for everyone!
USA is a country of immigrants, and whites are not more real americans than blacks or latinos or..., because not even white "europeans" are native americans!
Uneducated are the easiest to seduce with racist lies and unrealistic/impossible simple solutions!
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Anonymous, 18 Nov 2016Much more people will lose their jobs than what new jobs th... moreThe same argument is used from start of industrial revolution. And everything happened opposite.
The argument about limiting population: who will be using these products made by robots ?
Automation of production started more that 100 years ago and now population is much bigger than that at that time. The same is with jobs. We of course lost some jobs that existed then, but I guess you wouldn't accept offer for such jobs...
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mms, 18 Nov 2016You my not loos any jobs, because robots also needs mainten... moreMuch more people will lose their jobs than what new jobs the robotic will create.
The solution is to decrease and limit the human population.
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Anonymous, 18 Nov 2016Do not forget that a majority, look at the popular vote, ac... moreThat's because USA is full of immigrants, non-white people and misandrist women.
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Christian, 18 Nov 2016Economy is strugling in the first place just because of cor... moreYou are totally right.
Moreover, those corporations give minimal wage in those countries for the same job. They're greedy and arrogant.
The western world is not democracy. It is corporatocracy. I hope Trump will change it.
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AnonD-145316, 18 Nov 2016You have answered him/her just right, but let's put things ... moreYou my not loos any jobs, because robots also needs maintenance. Changed production may create another jobs that didn't existed before. Production will increase, decreasing production costs so goods becomes more affordable. Thats whats Industrial Revolution has created. And the process is still ongoing.
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AnonD-482637, 18 Nov 2016Robots need maintenance, robots need a control, robots need... moreYou have answered him/her just right, but let's put things to perspective! If maybe a particular task was being performed like maybe say 30people, and they introduce a machine/robot to do the same task how many will loose their jobs at that scenario?? They will probably need to only one person to operate that machine. I was just trying to give a perspective of how jobs are lost due to introduction of intelligent robots!
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AnonD-456831, 18 Nov 2016Virtually every industry? Those movies you watch in cinemas... moreLet's keep it civil, how this discussion thing usual works is you defend your arguments/ points and not go for adjectives that is aimed at an individual, now that I've given you a refreshers course
I still stand behind by point, i thought you would have given me examples of ”industries" but it is a fact that China's growth is better than america right now they are making a lot of innovation their lower labor costs really does make for.more.room for production
The other day they made the largest radio telescope, the first graphene battery alright this is where I stop I think I've somewhat matched the anemic speed limit you set for this "discussion"
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Anonymous, 18 Nov 2016It will NOT create any new jobs for workers in USA because ... moreRobots need maintenance, robots need a control, robots need a programmer, robots needs an engineer, robots need a economist, and so on. Have you already been in robotic manufacturer before ?
And how old are you ?
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Dsaint, 18 Nov 2016Are you all really unaware of how things are made? And coul... moreOf course it does not have to mean increased prices but it still is a possibility, what about supply chains, labor force wages and possible new infrastructure to facilitate mass production.
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Whether people like it or not, and pretend to dislike everything about China, china will always rule the market and even Apple knows they can't do that well without china. So guys just ask youselves a simple question, why does big companies have there production in china? And will have your answer why China is the driver of most Economies'
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The cost increase won't be more than 20$. Posible even only 10$. That may affect products retailing for 200 or less, but won't affect iphone. Its like loosing 5% of profit, or maybe 2-3% increase of price
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AnonD-356282, 18 Nov 2016Should Apple and other companies be forced to do this and s... moreEconomy is strugling in the first place just because of corporations like this.Going far and over everything just to make "little more" profit and raise the stocks 0.1 points.On top of that,corp are using various "legal" schemes to siphon the profits and avoid taxation,while they are first in the line when it comes for tax relaxation and subventions from the state.They always go trough the least resistance path for the profit,and if that means China,its all good for them.Irony is that those same corporations will come (one day) and ask bailout from the goverment,and they will get it... a sack full of tax payers money,the money from "working" people that were one time scr**ed by that same corporation.
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ssbatman21, 18 Nov 2016That is just stupid. His every move makes me doubt the auth... moreDo not forget that a majority, look at the popular vote, actually voted for Hillary!
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AnonD-482637, 18 Nov 2016Okay, i will quote one. You guys all are really dumb Do ... moreIt will NOT create any new jobs for workers in USA because only the production that can be done by robots and computers will be profitable enough to bring "back" to USA!
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If Trump start a trade war with 35 percent taxes on everything imported to USA, the rest of the world will then ofcourse answer with the same 35 percent on everything exported from USA! China could also ban US companies from access to the gigantic Chinese market!
The only chance to move production back to USA is if the work can be done by computers and robots, so this will not create any new jobs at all for workers in USA anyway!
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LostInTheSorrow, 18 Nov 2016Apple customers are very loyal but there's still a limit of... moreOkay, i will quote one. You guys all are really dumb
Do you know how much Apple profit ? This only affect just a little, it wont double the price, just cutting down the profit apple already has. Apple will get profit anyway eventhough the manufacturer moved to USA. It will make more jobs like trump and any of USA citizens want. It wont make Tim gets 7 ferraries, but It will make him gets 4 ferraries. As simple as that
I am not from USA, but your comment all really dumb and narrow minded, and always worship Apple !
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Apple has to either accept the decreased profit margin, or raise their prices. And I have a feeling they'll go with the latter.