Trump wants to make iPhone in the United States here the facts

US President Donald Trump again threatened Apple with punishment, this time by 25 percent. This step aims to pressure Apple in making iPhone devices in the United States

Trump has grown increasingly from Apple for its plan to transfer production to India from China, where most iPhone devices are currently making. “We are not interested in building you in India, India can take care of themselves,” said Trump, CEO of CEO Tim Cook.

Apple announced in February that it will build a huge new factory in Texas and employ 20,000 people in the United States over the next four years, an investment of $ 500 billion. But none of that is to build iPhone devices.

Do you make any parts of iPhone in the United States?

Yes, some pieces. The most obvious component is the glass that protects the screen, which is made by Corning. Some production in Kentucky, but also in Corning outer plants.

The iPhone contains more than 2000 parts of dozens of countries. Many of them cannot be made locally.

In some cases, raw materials (such as rare Earth minerals) are not found in the United States in other cases, and the parts are only available from some suppliers. IPhone devices require some of the most developed chips in the world, all of which are made in Taiwan. Can this be transferred to the United States? Perhaps, but time is estimated at this from years to decades.

What about collecting phones?

After the long decline in manufacturing in the United States, there is now a lack of infrastructure, skill and experience, a point that indicates over and over again not only by Apple, but also other American companies that make things in China.

Molson Hart, CEO of Viarart, an educational company for gaming, Put it in detail.

Its products are made by pouring plastic into shapes. There are no stealing machines in the United States even if they do so, there will be no one to control them when the needs change, or to fix them when collapsing, because anyone in the United States hardly knows how to do this anymore.

Likewise, Apple manufacturing facilities use micro -cut machines and other advanced tools that require skilled people to serve them.

Tim Cook once said in an interview that all tool engineers in America may suit one room. In China, there are many of them who can fill football fields.

Does the Americans even want to do work?

This was a remaining question, US Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lootnick, tried to address him CBS faces the nation On April 6.

“The army of millions and millions of people who flow into small screws to make iPhone devices – this type of things will come to America.”

Lutnick was widely mocked for this statement. China has even released videos created from artificial intelligence to Americans with an embarrassing weight gain on small parts of the factories.

But let’s think about the facts of the actual iPhone manufacturing facilities. Phones are assembled by Foxconn, the huge Chinese company with which Apple has worked for many years.

The alleged working conditions and violations were documented in Foxconn plants in China. Even without abuse allegations, they range between 10 and 12 hours, often six days a week and include incredibly frequent tasks.

On the issue of small screws, Description of one man The having to install 1200 of them in a typical transformation. If the bathroom break, he will have to compensate for the lost time.

The new Foxconn facility near the Indian city of Bangaluru is partly operating. When you reach its full capacity in 2027, it will use 50,000 people.

According to economic times in India, the site will also include 30,000 dates for employees. In other words, many employees will only work in the factory, but will also live there for long periods of time. Foxconn has always done it, saying it is necessary for operations.

Will it include the American iPhone factory? No one answered this question.

Then there is the issue of payment

According to Reuters investigation Foxconn was published in India last year, and employees provide food, stay, $ 200 per month, or about 2400 dollars per year, in line with almost the GDP of the individual in India ($ 2480 according to the World Bank).

If you use the same standard for what will be paid for American workers in an American factory, they will get a wage within $ 82,769, the gross domestic product of the current individual.

Apple has not committed to building iPhone devices in the United States, so there is no way to find out what you will pay to employees to do so, but it will definitely be significantly higher than India or China.

What will this do at the cost of iPhone?

It is impossible to say carefully.

The new iPhone 16 currently costs $ 799.

With the definitions applied to China in April, UBS, the Swiss Bank, estimated that the price would rise to more than $ 1,400. These definitions were limited earlier this month, but only for 90 days. It is not clear whether Trump will raise them again.

Try to guess iPhone if made in the United States is more difficult. Some industry analysts have threw about $ 3500 or more, but the relevant variables and standards make it impossible to say for sure.

One fact, no one opposes? The price will definitely not remain the same.