Posted: October 13th, 2016

Discuss IPhone Production

Questions: How the US Lost Out on the iPhone
1. Discuss IPhone Production
a. What is the current market for iPhones – in how many countries is it sold?

b. What countries provide parts for the iPhone
c. How does the cost of labor compare to the cost
d. How does Apple claim Asia outperforms the US?

e. What would be the cost to produce the iphone in the US?

f. Compare cost of building an apple in Calif, Singapore, Taiwan. What does Apple attribute this difference to?

g. Describe FoxConn. Where is it located? What does it do?

h. Describe the Foxconn facility in Shenzhen China
i. How did Apple solve the problem of scratches on screens just before the phone was due to go into production?
j. What impact has the use of real glass had on the technology market?
k. What has happened to the company Corning Glass, the supplier of glass to Apple

l. What can you say about the pace of innovation in this technology market?
m. What has been the impact of this technology modernization on jobs? Which jobs are disappearing? What has been the impact of robotics? Which generation might lose out even as there are pressures to push up wages for the unskilled?

n. Despite job loss in the United States, what does Apple say have been the benefits of their global strategy?
o. What is the story of Eric Saragoza? What about his desire for work/life balance? Is he a victim of changes in production? What might be some policy solutions to this example of job loss and outsourcing?
p. There is so much innovation, of new ideas, marketing, software, alternative energy in the US. Why are jobs in solar, wind and semiconductor fabrication going abroad? What might be some policy solutions?

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