Re:Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production t...
by vaidhy on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @05:19PM
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Yes, but Foxconn is not Apple subsidiary. Apple is just one of their customers. Saying million would lose job because Apple moved out of China seems like hyperbole from the other side.
Re:Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production t...
by scarface74 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @06:41PM
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Apple is by far their largest customer.
Re:Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production t...
by ajsnigrutin on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @08:15PM
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So, what will people in the rest of the world buy then? There won't be new iphones for years, and foxconn will continue to make phones for other manufacturers, whose sales will go up.
Re:Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production t...
by scarface74 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @09:02PM
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What scenario is there that Apple couldn’t make phones in China and every other manufacturer could?
Re:Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production t...
by herbst on Thursday October 06, 2022 @03:39AM
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Obviously because Apple is a US company and every other major smartphone company is Asian and has a very different relation to China
Re:Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production t...
by scarface74 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @01:12PM
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Besides Samsung and Apple most of the top cell phone makers are Chinese.
http://www.mobilecellphonerepairing.com/top-mobile-phone-man...
In a trade war, those phones won’t be making it to the US.
Re:Apple asks suppliers to shift AirPods, Beats production t...
by heavyset_go on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @08:22PM
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AAPL is a good chunk of the S&P 500, close to 10% of its market cap.
I don't think a loss of value to the tune of $2.5T would go well for the US economy.
I don't think either country cares much about unemployment, but the US, at least, has a history of going to great lengths to maintain the value of its assets.
And I'm sure there are companies eagerly awaiting to get the business Foxconn turned down because Apple outbid them or made favorable agreements.
"It is the world's largest technology manufacturer and service provider. While headquartered in Taiwan, the company is the largest private employer in the People's Republic of China and one of the largest employers worldwide."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn
And that doesn't count all the companies that make the subassemblies and parts for Foxconn either.