[Astronaut]

Apple labels their boxes “Designed in California” but everything is built by slave labor in Red China. A bit disingenuous, if you ask me.

[stuartcr]

Just think how expensive they would be if made in California.

[Wooly]

To be fair, batteries have been a problem for a lot of portable devices. Most of the time it is because the manufacture or in this case the brand uses the bare minimum size battery to save production cost, But when you go from a spec sheet to the real world, the device drain is higher than expected leading to a faster discharge and heat. The one thing that the owner can do to help this condition is to turn off features when they are not being used, such as WiFi, Bluetooth,GPS, and 3GP. And you should completely discharge the battery before recharging as this somewhat increases the capacity of a new battery reducing the amp draw when discharging.

[Star Traveler]

You said — Apple labels their boxes “Designed in California” but everything is built by slave labor in Red China. A bit disingenuous, if you ask me.

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Ummm.., the last time I shopped in the store, it appeared to me that *everything in the world* is made in China... LOL...

[TheBattman]

Apple labels their boxes “Designed in California” but everything is built by slave labor in Red China. A bit disingenuous, if you ask me.

Pretty picky, there... Absolutely zero is dishonest or "disingenuous" about saying it is designed in California. Every part of the iPhone (and other Apple hardware) is 100% designed in California by Apple's folks (other than the commodity stuff like hard drives/RAM/optical drive). Power supplies and motherboards - you won't find off-the-shelf commodity stuff - all Apple custom.

And how many computers are actually made here in the US today (or phones)? And don't give me the "DELL" argument - all Dell components are imported. Just looked at my previous phone - a Samsung Blackjack II. Guess where it was manufactured... Korea. My iphone appears, so far, to be of better build quality than that Samsung. My previous to that phone was a Moto Razr... I believe it was made in China.