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  • New Vietnam trade deal means Apple will pay at least five times more in tariffs

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    capnbob said:
    the impact of this on Apple will be meaningful but surely not very significant? 
    Did you not read the article?

     Tim Cook said in May 2025 that everything but iPhones would now be imported from Vietnam. 

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  • Apple redirects 97% of Indian-made iPhones to the US to lessen tariffs

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    nubus said:
    Oliver#65 said:
    But will the Quality be there for apple Products being made in India ???
    What is even driving this concern?
    Facts are. Financial Times did a report (paywall) but part of it is here:
    The article states that "about half of the components coming off the production line are in good enough shape to be sent for assembly," which is irrelevant to the quality of the iPhones that are ultimately assembled and then shipped to customers.   Whether the phones are made in China, India, or somewhere else, the same QC standards apply. 

    The article is also over 2 years old, and thus not indicative of the what is going on today. 

    Apple has been using India for iPhone assembly for 8 years. 
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Jony Ive talks about minimalism, taste, and Apple's design group

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    hmlongco said:
    Minimalism has its place, but the problem has been that it almost always comes with a loss of functionality. And oddly enough, an increase in complexity.

    Having a single button on your phone is minimalist. Having that button perform multiple actions depending on whether or not it's pressed, long-pressed, double-tapped, or triple tapped?

    Not so much.
    Your premise makes sense, but you gave the worst example possible to support it.  It's like arguing against a wall switch performing both on and off functions, and in favor of separate on and off switches. 
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  • TSMC breaks ground on third plant in Arizona

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    blastdoor said:
    discountopinion said:
    Politics aside - having geographic distribution of chip production is essential as to not have a freak natural disaster kick us back into the Stone Age if most chips are manufactured in one small location.
    Very true! Taiwan sits on the "ring of fire" and is vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis. All else equal, not an ideal location for multi-billion dollar fabs. 
    TSMC's factories in Taiwan can withstand an 8.0 earthquake and remain operational. Their fabs are also 60 feet above ground level and are sealed and incorporate pumping systems. So they've thought about that. 
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  • TSMC's US chip fabrication facilities lag five years behind Taiwan

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    AI keeps recycling the same clickbait about 2nm and 3nm nodes being the only chips that matter. It pushes a misleading narrative that anything older is obsolete, and that these factories are just for show and mean nothing in the grand scheme of things.

    In fact, over 85% of chips used in phones, laptops, and other devices are built on processes older than 3nm—most commonly in the 5nm to 7nm range. Even TSMC, the leader in advanced manufacturing, still derives three-quarters of its revenue from nodes larger than 3nm:

    https://investor.tsmc.com/english/encrypt/files/encrypt_file/reports/2025-01/2d8b2bb6fc3b5887d24ae0635f639c1cdca834f3/4Q24ManagementReport.pdf

    There’s still massive demand for chips on these so-called “older” nodes, regardless of what the headlines try to sell.  And these factories are in fact contributing to the local economy via tax revenues, jobs, and business opportunities for local companies. 


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