A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy

Good luck getting all the materials needed for that now that China has stopped exports to the US.

IPhone 17:

I'm genuinely surprised Trump killed the CHIPS act, when he could've let that roll through and taken credit for it as the whole POINT of that was to improve US manufacturing.

Also reintroduce the build back better with whatever re-branding.

If he were truly interested in american manufacturing he'd have gone all in on these.

But no. he wants company owners and worldl eaders to come to him and beg for exemptions.

not to mention one of the reasons we eagerly off-shored electronics fabrication in the first place is because it’s a toxic nightmare

Instead of Vietnamese children making t-shirts to sell to the USA, they want American children to make t-shirts to sell to Vietnam.

This makes absolutely no fucking sense even from a nationalistic standpoint.

Its looking more and more like the end result is just going to be millions of Americans will have to do without, Live with less.

and no doubt at the same time their oligarch fantasy-wealthy overlords will preach to them about Spartan values or something. Ultranationalist Jingo Ghouls will talk about how its tough times create strong men, or about how we all have to prepare for war with China or something.

people screwing in little, little screws

it’s going to be automated

Sure that's not automated yet?

They are promising to gut the CHIPS Act which would be needed to even think about doing this.

Everyone playing along that this is some kind of genuine policy play are just buying into Trump as a legitimate leader in a similar way to how MAGA-heads do. Trump does not give a fuck about American manufacturing, American jobs, onshoring, offshoring, none of that. It’s all a grift. He’s waiting for some kind of payoff here, be it in the form of countries giving in to bad deals for the Trump Organization or investing in Truth or $TRMP. In some cases he gets to be feted at state dinners and sign some watered down, meaningless “trade deal,” temporarily backfilling his deep insecurities. Enough of this and most of the tariffs evaporate.

As a global company, Apple could just re-establish itself in europe, e.g. Ireland, and continue trading with China, they can just put the US on hold for a couple of years.
Meanwhile for those who really addicted to istuff, coyotes can smuggle iphones across the border, so maybe this solves the fentanyl 'issue'.

Maybe if wages actually rose with productivity, Americans could actually afford goods made within the United States.

Why? All those kids are going to need something to do after they tear down the education system.

This guy just spews his bullshit, Would it be nice if they could be made in United States? Yeah sure but the thing is an iPhone would cost like $3500. And I know damn straight I’m not paying that much for a phone. And I’m pretty sure you guys wouldn’t either and that’s coming from someone that sometimes makes some stupid financial decisions and that is not one I would make

Don't be so negative. By 2035, a 2500 dollar us made iPhone might be possible.

They already tried "made in America" Apple products and they did not sell! Americans don't want to pay $5K for an iPhone when they can pay 80% less for one made in China.

Just ask AI to do it for you

I don't doubt that it's possible, but it would cost $7,000 or some shit.

In the meantime, the Liberty phone seems to be the closest option for a US-made smartphone. While not entirely comprised of US-sourced components, the PCBs are manufactured in California, as well as device packaging and assembly.

April 10 update: Right on time, the author of the OP's linked article has now published an article on the Liberty phone.

Chinese phones are vastly superior to this ridiculous brand.

My phone came from Samsung, who doesn't use Chinese slave child labor. So this whole idea is pretty insane to me. You iPhone people don't give a shit. Stop pretending.

Where would they get the chips and batteries?

Watch out for the leopard!

So you people finally admit you want and need slave work to satisfy your petty desires?

Good, good! Baby steps

Sure it will come to america. gotta have wage slaves.

just when i thought he couldn't idiot any harder - he pours on the coal. Fucking scam artist.

Tim Cook and Donald Trump = Tim Crook

Toyota is able to build Camrys, Highlanders, Tundras, etc. in the US. So I don't see why we can't have a factory in the US to build the iPhone?

Does building an iPhone require more manual labor than building a car? Maybe it requires more precision than cars, but I don't see why we can't train and equip people to do it here.

There are microchips being made in the US today. See Intel. Maybe not the latest process node but it is not an outdated node either.