Apple Wants to Recreate Its ‘iPhone City’ Supply Chain Outside China | WSJ

Apple is facing an uphill battle as it plans to shift its production out of China. Here’s why it’s difficult to replicate Foxconn’s ‘iPhone City’ in Zhengzhou and the company’s finely-tuned ecosystem in countries like India and Vietnam.

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[Eoin-B]

Apple managed to move its manufacturing out of America & Ireland just fine in the 90s.

[johnlim]

it takes times but its not impossible. all the best Vietnam and India

[pjacobsen]

All those companies that manufacture in China will probably never leave completely. China is itself a large market for all these products, so as long as it makes sense, companies will at least continue to produce for the local, and maybe regional market.

[joseph]

iPhone city itself looks a bit like a SoC, a System on a Chip.. 🤗

[truethat]

The video did not talk about the recent India Australia free trade agreement where Australia will be supplying rare earth metals India for refining and end use. The video did not talk about Indian conglomerates investing in electronics supply chain like smartphone display, semiconductor fabs, assembly and packaging and iPhone parts and chargers.

[AnirudhGiri]

The map of India at 0:44 is incorrect! It's missing PoK and Aksai Chin.

[toocooltocare]

Rome wasn't built in one day, It was built a little every day. Supply chains need to be diversified rather than completely eliminated. It's impossible to remove China totally. It needs to be diversified to ensure safety.

[nickl]

Not covered is that Indian bureaucracy is complicated with multiple department with overlapping jurisdiction. To get a single thing done you will need to get a permit from multiple government departments.

[gregorywilson]

These complex supply chains are going to be the death of a lot of companies. But there is no way they can resist the cheap manufacturing cost.

[anthonyanthony]

Make them in my beloved Belgium Apple please, you'll have to raise the price to 3000€ but it's ok you know.

[markedison]

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[rohitmishra]

One thing is for sure In case of India, that is that the govt is gonna force apple to source more parts from local business.
and this pressure will grow each year.

[IndianArmy-dnwm]

Map of india used here is wrong map please correct it

[Dontlicktheballoons]

So does Apple make its own suicide nets for the factories or is that a 3rd party/subcontractor type situation?

[sammathai]

Are there going to be nets on the buildings in this city too, Apple?

[carepear]

So these Chinese workers must be demanding actual, decent working conditions and actual working wages. I wonder if they still have those nets on the sides of the buildings the workers live to keep them from killing themselves.

[parkgumstef]

It's impossible to move out of china, Vietnåm, india needs high skilled workers(both countries), cheap labor, huge population(in case of Vietnåm and high manufacturing buildings which is impossible to make it.

[Thebreakdownshow]

It’s about time. It’s just makes sense to diversify.

[windot]

You didn't mention some important reasons to move 😂

[HadrixSan]

Does South America already have these metals?🤔