The 2,700 reasons a made-in-USA iPhone would be a non-starter

The idea of a made-in-USA iPhone is one of those fantasies that refuses to die, despite Apple pointing out many times why it would be utterly impossible. The Financial Times has now weighed in with a detailed report on why even the few American-made components aren’t really made in the country, and the 2,700 reasons why the idea is so wildly impractical … Made-in-USA iPhone idea will not die The idea has been around for more than a decade, getting new headlines back in 2016 when Trump first called on the company to do it. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology did the sums at the time, pointing out that assembling iPhones in the US would have surprisingly little financial impact on the costs – but that’s because if the process were moved to the US, it would be almost entirely automated, generating almost no US jobs. There’s been plenty of discussion since then: Most recently, a former Apple manufacturing engineer added his own view on the unrealistic nature of the idea. The 2, ... Read full article.