Luxshare building massive new iPhone factory to challenge Foxconn

To me that is really concerning. I thought the idea was to move OUT of China not move IN. It's a pity that Apple cannot structure itself in a way that is less reliant on Chinese manufacturing but it is actually working towards strengthening its ties there. To me as a consumer for both political as well as security reasons it's becoming more and more important to choose products that are manufactured in a country with at least a decent respect of human rights. Just a pity! 

rccrd said:

To me that is really concerning. I thought the idea was to move OUT of China not move IN. It's a pity that Apple cannot structure itself in a way that is less reliant on Chinese manufacturing but it is actually working towards strengthening its ties there. To me as a consumer for both political as well as security reasons it's becoming more and more important to choose products that are manufactured in a country with at least a decent respect of human rights. Just a pity! 

Given the size of the Chinese market, it is probably a good idea since worst case, it can supply that market if nothing else.  What happens if China bans imports from Taiwan should that conflict grow?

This proves that Chinese companies are able to manufacture Apple products with high quality cheaply that other nations cannot do. 

MacPro said:

rccrd said:

To me that is really concerning. I thought the idea was to move OUT of China not move IN. It's a pity that Apple cannot structure itself in a way that is less reliant on Chinese manufacturing but it is actually working towards strengthening its ties there. To me as a consumer for both political as well as security reasons it's becoming more and more important to choose products that are manufactured in a country with at least a decent respect of human rights. Just a pity! 

Given the size of the Chinese market, it is probably a good idea since worst case, it can supply that market if nothing else.  What happens if China bans imports from Taiwan should that conflict grow?

Well , the "Taiwanese" assemblers don't actually assemble in Taiwan.  They assemble in China, so any ban on Taiwan imports wouldn't affect stuff assembled in China, though it could affect the import of SoC and other  chips actually made in Taiwan, which is a problem even with China based assemblers.  

waveparticle said:

This proves that Chinese companies are able to manufacture Apple products with high quality cheaply that other nations cannot do. 

This does not prove that since the assembly of the phones has been in China this whole time anyway.  This just changes the Corp address of the HQ to China for those phones.