http://tidbits.com/ Some companies, such as GE, are unexpectedly shifting manufacturing from China to the United States. Although Apple isn’t mentioned in an article in The Atlantic about the trend, the reasons for the shift are undoubtedly Apple-inspired. en-us Copyright 2013 TidBITS Publishing Inc. Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) http://tidbits.com/images/tb_logo_152x55.png http://tidbits.com/ 55 152 TidBITS badge http://db.tidbits.com/article/13466?rss#comments_17256 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:44:04 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13466#comments_17256 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13466?rss#comments_17244 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 01:46:15 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13466#comments_17244
This seems to be slightly old hat as I thought it was accepted that assembly represents a relatively small percentage of the total manufacturing cost. USD10 is a figure I've seen quoted for iPhones in reputable sources.

Moving manufacture to the USA might impress some Americans, I'm not sure it would impress the vast numbers of Apple customers who are not American. But then I'm a Brit who has worked and lived in the Far East :)]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13466?rss#comments_17236 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:45:16 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13466#comments_17236