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Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by nottorp on Saturday November 18, 2023 @07:35AM (#38318858)
Nope. Anyone can build iPhone quality devices in China. They will just cost as much as an iPhone.

What happpens is that there is a demand for cheap crap so that's what they design in China. If you were willing to pay Apple level prices for a Chinese brand they'd build you Apple level quality.

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Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by alvah on Saturday November 18, 2023 @10:33AM (#38320652)
If you were willing to pay Apple-level prices for a Chinese brand, provide significant oversight at every step of the process, and constantly quality check every batch delivered, then you might get Apple-level quality.
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Re:Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than e... by nottorp on Saturday November 18, 2023 @11:07AM (#38321007)
What do you think Apple does to get that level of quality? :)

It's simple. It costs.

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