[backwoods-engineer]

Apple might as well be a “local brand” in China; the phones are made in China by Foxconn, are they not?

[discostu]

8 of the 10 largest cellphone markets in the world are in Asia. Anybody making their phones anywhere else is making a mistake.

[Swordmaker]

Apple might as well be a “local brand” in China; the phones are made in China by Foxconn, are they not?

They are assembled by FoxConn, but many of the parts come from all over the world, including many from the USA. It is designed in California, not China.