Why does Apple need to do something, that no other smartphone maker does? Maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events for the past 20 years, but did you know that practically every chip in mass production is made in Asia? Did you know that Foxconn also makes products for: Acer Inc. (Taiwan)[37]
Amazon.com (United States)[7]
Apple Inc. (United States)[38]
Cisco (United States)[39]
Dell (United States)[40]
Hewlett-Packard (United States)[41]
Intel (United States)[42]
Microsoft (United States)[9]
Motorola Mobility (United States)[40]
Nintendo (Japan)[43]
Nokia (Finland)[38]
Samsung Electronics (South Korea)[44]
Sony (Japan)[8]
Toshiba (Japan) [45]
Vizio (United States)[46]
Apple is only 1 of their many customers - and Apple is a BIG company. Also, thanks to the EPA and Govermental regulations - Apple CAN NOT make their products in the USA. Steve Jobs is on record of saying that he would like to use American labor, however thanks to over-regulation by the US Goverment - he cannot make products here. The chemicals and some of the polishing processes are "illegal" here. That's why you see other companies simply building their products in China, including Blackberry
Very well stated, and needs to be repeated often! The EPA is the bad guy as to why manufacturers build outside the U.S.A. Used to be a lot of surfboards were made in California, but the EPA chased them out to Australia and other countries. Same for Apple products, which used to be produced in Fremont California - EPA bears much of the blame.