While having every single component of the iPhone being manufactured in the US (something along the lines of RCA pre-1970) is indeed pure fantasy. You could hypothetically assemble the iPhone in the US, with many of the components being locally produced.
But for that, you would need a competitive smartphone market (i.e. no 35% margin for Apple, they would have to deal with 2%-3% profit margin, 5% tops) and Americans consumers would have to be exposed to the true cost of the device. No annual upgrades through your carrier. You pay $1,500+ for a baseline iPhone and you expect it to last for ~5 years with occasional repair.
“occasional repair”, that shit would be locked down harder to force consoomers to buy a new device as often as possible. Less sales = less money. Only the EU version would be repairable.
I meant that in theory a certain % of the components could be produced in the US. Say the CPU could be manufactured at a TSMC plant in Arizona and the semiconductor validation/packaging done in one of the recently opened plants for these sort of services (the previous US administration did award some grants specifically around validation/packaging).
Of course, many of the components cannot realistically be produced in the US. I am just going through a “what if” scenario.
While having every single component of the iPhone being manufactured in the US (something along the lines of RCA pre-1970) is indeed pure fantasy. You could hypothetically assemble the iPhone in the US, with many of the components being locally produced.
But for that, you would need a competitive smartphone market (i.e. no 35% margin for Apple, they would have to deal with 2%-3% profit margin, 5% tops) and Americans consumers would have to be exposed to the true cost of the device. No annual upgrades through your carrier. You pay $1,500+ for a baseline iPhone and you expect it to last for ~5 years with occasional repair.
Sounds like a more healthy situation.
“occasional repair”, that shit would be locked down harder to force consoomers to buy a new device as often as possible. Less sales = less money. Only the EU version would be repairable.
Anti Commercial-AI license
Even with all their flaws… EU ❤
I am talking about hypotheticals. Just like saying Apple will tolerate 2% profit margin vs their current ~35%.
It’s a thought experiment.
And then we’d have to raze our landscape and destroy a lot of stuff for mining
I doubt that “many” of the components are already being produced locally.
I meant that in theory a certain % of the components could be produced in the US. Say the CPU could be manufactured at a TSMC plant in Arizona and the semiconductor validation/packaging done in one of the recently opened plants for these sort of services (the previous US administration did award some grants specifically around validation/packaging).
Of course, many of the components cannot realistically be produced in the US. I am just going through a “what if” scenario.