All Apple products are designed in california and assembled in china ... What does it mean exactley ?
As you can see, China has no role other than providing cheap labor who would assemble the components coming from myriad sources.
It means precisely what it says. Apple products are conceptualized, designed, tested and marketed under the brand name Apple. China lacks the technical know-how to design smart electronic gadgets but since the labor cost is dirt cheap, Apple outsources the assembly of the components to make the final product to a Taiwanese company Foxconn that has operations in China.
Remember that China lacks the technical know-how to even manufacture the components that are put into Apple products. These components come from different sources in Japan, Korea, Europe and the USA. All these suppliers send their components to the Foxconn facility in China so that the final Apple product can be assembled.
For example here's the typical manufacturing of iPhone:
Remember that China lacks the technical know-how to even manufacture the components that are put into Apple products. These components come from different sources in Japan, Korea, Europe and the USA. All these suppliers send their components to the Foxconn facility in China so that the final Apple product can be assembled.
For example here's the typical manufacturing of iPhone:
| Software and design | Apple | USA |
| Assembly | Foxconn?, Quanta, Unknown | Taiwan |
| TFT-LCD Screen | Sanyo Epson, Sharp, TMD | Japan |
| Video processor chip | Samsung | Korea |
| Touch screen overlay | Balda | Germany |
| Bluetooth chip | Cambridge Silicon Radio | UK |
| Chip manufacture | TSMC, UMC | Taiwan |
| Baseband IC | Infineon Technology | Germany |
| WIFI Chip | Marvell | USA |
| Touch screen control chip | Broadcom | USA |
| CMOS chip | Micron | USA |
| NOR Flash ICs | Intel, SST | USA |
| Display Driver chip | National Semi, Novatek | US, TW |
| Case, Mechanical parts | Catcher, Foxconn Tech | Taiwan |
| Camera lens | Largan Precision | Taiwan |
| Camera module | Altus-Tech, Primax, Lite On | Taiwan |
| Battery Charger | Delta Electronics | Taiwan |
| Timing Crystal | TXC | Taiwan |
| Passive components | Cyntec | Taiwan |
| Connector and cables | Cheng Uei, Entery | Taiwan |
As you can see, China has no role other than providing cheap labor who would assemble the components coming from myriad sources.
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