The back of the iPhone often says "Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China", making many people think that the iPhone is made in China. So where is the iPhone actually made? The answer in this article will make you surprised!
1. Understand Assembled and Manufactured
First, you must distinguish between the terms Assembled and Manufactured.
- Manufacturing is the process of creating the components that make up the iPhone.
- Installation is the process of concentrating all the components, the individual components are manufactured by a professional manufacturer and combines them to form a complete iPhone and activities.
In fact, Apple only designs and sells iPhone , it doesn't make the components and components for the device.
Instead, Apple has used manufacturers specializing in specific components such as specialists in the manufacture and assembly of cameras, specialists in display fabrication, ... around the world.
2. Where are iPhone components made? By the company?
Below is a list of the companies that manufacture iPhone 5S, 6 and 6S components:
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- Accelerometers : Bosch Sensortech, headquartered in Germany with locations in the United States, China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
- Chip Audio : Cirrus Logic, based in the US with locations in the UK, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Singapore.
- Battery : Samsung, based in Korea with locations in 80 countries and Sunwoda Electronic, based in China .
- Cameras : Qualcomm, based in the US with locations in Australia, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea and more than a dozen locations in Europe and Latin America and Sony, is headquartered in Japan with locations in dozens of countries.
- Chip for 3G / 4G / LTE networks : Qualcomm.
- Compass : AKM Semiconductor, headquartered in Japan with locations in the US, France, UK, China, Korea and Taiwan.
- Screen glass : Corning, based in the US , with locations in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates.
- Gyro : STMicroelectronics. Based in Switzerland , with locations in 35 countries.
- Flash memory Toshiba, based in Japan with more than 50 countries Flash memory: Samsung.
- LCD Screen : Sharp, based in Japan with 13 countries and LG, based in Korea with locations in Poland and China.
- Processor line A : Samsung and TSMC, based in Taiwan with locations in China, Singapore and the United States.
- Touch ID : TSMC and Xintec, based in Taiwan .
- The controller touchscreen : Broadcom, based in the US with locations in Israel, Greece, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, France, India, China, Taiwan, Singapore and South National
- Wi-Fi chip : Murata, based in the US with locations in Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, China, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Vietnam, Ha Lan, Spain, UK, Germany, Hungary, France, Italy and Finland.
3. Where is the assembly of finished iPhone done? By which companies?
The components and components of the iPhone are manufactured by companies around the world, but the assembly of the finished iPhone is only done by two companies, Foxconn and Pegatron , both of which have pillars. based in Taiwan .
4. Where is the iPhone made?
Thus, the answer to the question of where the iPhone is manufactured is not simple.
It may come from China as this is where all the components and working devices are assembled, but making the perfect iPhone requires the efforts of many countries around the world.
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