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4/14/2025 6:49:36 PM

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Subject: Cook: Why China Msg# 1223725

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Tom Hemmick Forum Leader

Joined 7/21/2005

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Joe Reynolds (Read) ForumsAmerica.com

Joined 8/1/1999

In Resurfaced Video, Tim Cook Explains Why Apple Makes iPhones In China Click Here

Why does Apple still manufacture in China? Old video of Tim Cook explains Click Here

The Cook video was a 2017 topic of a Fortune Magazine interview. Its about 8 yrs old.

Seems there's likely other Asian countries with similar manufacturing skills. So Apple isn't putting all eggs into one basket with China producing I-Phones. There's India as well as possibly Taiwan, and Japan, etc.

Quote from a cited report: "Meanwhile what’s noteworthy is that Apple is also focusing on turning India into its new source of US-bound iPhones. Apple’s partners are building the world’s second-largest iPhone plant in that country, decreasing the company’s reliance on China, reported Bloomberg. The company assembled $22 billion worth of iPhones in India from April 2024 to March 2025, increasing its production by nearly 60 per cent over the previous year, the report added. "

And such other sources seem on board with Trump's tariff actions,-- thus minimizing the sole source idea for China. China won't have the power of a monopoly.

For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where:
Tim Cook on why China:

"The popular conception is that companies come to China because of low labour costs. I'm not sure what part of China they go to, but the truth is China stopped being the low labor cost country years ago," he said.

According to Cook, what sets China apart is not cost but the scale and quality of its workforce. Apple's devices require extremely precise tooling and advanced materials handling, and Cook says China's engineers possess the level of skill needed for that. He further explains the difference between the two countries, noting that while it may be hard to gather a room full of tooling engineers in the US, in China, you could fill several football fields with professionals who specialise in that area.

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