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0 pointslostlogin2y ago0 comments

It goes both ways though. My brand name Chinese made iPhone is great.

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The difference is that it’s not designed in China. Foxconn certainly provides input to the manufacturing process, but the engineers in the US keep the quality bar high.

nottorp2y ago

Nope. Anyone can build iPhone quality devices in China. They will just cost as much as an iPhone.

What happpens is that there is a demand for cheap crap so that's what they design in China. If you were willing to pay Apple level prices for a Chinese brand they'd build you Apple level quality.

alvah2y ago

If you were willing to pay Apple-level prices for a Chinese brand, provide significant oversight at every step of the process, and constantly quality check every batch delivered, then you might get Apple-level quality.

nottorp2y ago

What do you think Apple does to get that level of quality? :)

It's simple. It costs.

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atomicUpdate2y ago

The difference is that it’s not designed in China. Foxconn certainly provides input to the manufacturing process, but the engineers in the US keep the quality bar high.

nottorp2y ago

Nope. Anyone can build iPhone quality devices in China. They will just cost as much as an iPhone.

What happpens is that there is a demand for cheap crap so that's what they design in China. If you were willing to pay Apple level prices for a Chinese brand they'd build you Apple level quality.

alvah2y ago

nottorp2y ago

What do you think Apple does to get that level of quality? :)

It's simple. It costs.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse