The original plan was to build it in the US in the first place. Steve Jobs did not trust that China wouldn’t rip off everything about the iphone. He was firmly against the idea of China making the iphone until Apple got him to take a tour a new facility built just for making the new device. China fronted all the funding and manpower to build the facility to make the phone and they did it very, very fast. Steve was instantly smitten.
So it’s actually rather ironic that long after his death, there’s talk of making it in America.
They did try that. It was in Texas for Mac Pro. It was such a failure that the whole product launch was delayed. And it was then under perfect conditions without all the tarrifs.
The original plan was to build it in the US in the first place. Steve Jobs did not trust that China wouldn’t rip off everything about the iphone. He was firmly against the idea of China making the iphone until Apple got him to take a tour a new facility built just for making the new device. China fronted all the funding and manpower to build the facility to make the phone and they did it very, very fast. Steve was instantly smitten.
So it’s actually rather ironic that long after his death, there’s talk of making it in America.
They did try that. It was in Texas for Mac Pro. It was such a failure that the whole product launch was delayed. And it was then under perfect conditions without all the tarrifs.