Apple Suppliers Unwilling to Move iPhone Production to the US

​Apple seems to at least consider moving production to the United States following President-elect Donald Trump’s push for domestic manufacturing operations, but it looks like Cupertino might have a hard time convincing its suppliers to do the same thing.

Citing a report posted by Chinese media, Digitimes notes that China-based suppliers aren’t planning to follow Apple should the company decide to move production to the United States, citing the increased costs as the main reason.

Lens Technology, which according to the report is in charge of manufacturing cover glass that Apple uses on its iPhones, has already said that it’s not planning to transfer its operations to the United States, explaining that labor supply would be substantially higher than in China.

The company explained that most of its workforce is less than 45 years old, while in the United States, employees would be over this age and at … (read more)

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