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Apple is looking into the idea of manufacturing the iPhone in the US following Donald Trump’s election victory.
During his campaign, the now president-elect said on several occasions he wanted to push American companies to moving manufacturing back to the US.
Now, reports in Asia claim that Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics company that assembles the iPhone in China, has been asked to look into the feasibility of moving its production to the US.
Trump spent his election campaign criticising major companies which took their manufacturing overseas. Earlier this year, he said that, if elected, he would “get Apple to build their damn computers and things in this country”.
Now, it is being suggested that his threat is being taken more seriously, with the Nikkei Asian Review reporting that Apple asked its manufacturers in the region to assess what it would cost to move iPhone assembly to the US from China.
Apple has not commented on the reports and there is no word on whether any such investigation is a serious assessment of a possible change or simply an exercise to look into the potential costs.
The technology giant has had a busy few months in hardware, launching the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, the Apple Watch Series 2 and a new line-up of MacBook Pros.
2017 is also shaping up to be a busy time for the company, with their new ‘spaceship’ Campus 2 headquarters set to open. Then, there’s the small matter of the 10th anniversary iPhone due in September.
