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Will iPhones Be Made in the USA?

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Karoline Leavitt"Absolutely. He [Donald Trump] believes we have the labor, we have the workforce, we have the resources to do it."Jul 20, 2025

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Business Standard"Apple is unlikely to move iPhone production to the US in the foreseeable future for a variety of reasons, including the shortage of facilities and labor needed to produce the devices."Apr 11, 2025

World News

"Building the full stack of iPhone components and assembling it in the U.S.? Impossible."Jul 15, 2025

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Daniel Ives"We believe the concept of Apple producing iPhones in the U.S. is a fairy tale that is not feasible."Jul 15, 2025

Reuters

"It will take years and significant capital to move Apple or other electronics manufacturing to the US."May 27, 2025

Mobile World Live

Tim Cook"We manufacture in the U.S. today. We do it through third parties."Aug 22, 2024

MIT Technology Review

"If everything goes well, which is a very big if, it would take three years to initiate small scale operation and five for mass production."Apr 10, 2025

Tom's Guide

Apple "is not moving production to the United States, instead working with Foxconn to build factories in India, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam."Jun 03, 2025

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Daniel Ives"The chances that Apple and the overall tech supply chain moves to the U.S. is a fantasy, fictional tale, unless you like $3,500 iPhones, $2,500 TVs and $300 AirPods."Apr 07, 2025

Los Angeles Times

An "all-American iPhone is impossible."Apr 14, 2025

The Week

"There is no universe where Apple moves iPhone production to the U.S."Jul 15, 2025

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9to5Mac "The reality is that what Trump wants [Apple to make iPhones in the US] is impossible, and his threats will eventually be proven empty ones."Apr 14, 2025

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Tim Cook"There aren't enough tooling engineers [to produce iPhones] in the U.S.”Apr 12, 2025

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Karoline Leavitt"Absolutely. Trump believes we have the labor, we have the workforce, we have the resources to do it."Apr 09, 2025

Supply Chain 24/7

Unless the cost and skill barriers change dramatically, "a red, white, and blue iPhone may remain a political dream rather than a retail product."Apr 12, 2025

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Morgan Stanley"If an Apple commitment followed the same timeline, the first US-built iPhone might not reach consumers until after President Trump leaves office."May 27, 2025

analysts • The Register

"It [the possibility of Apple shifting its manufacturing supply chains to the US] is pie in the sky."May 23, 2025

Reason.com

"The engineering support to run a [iPhone] factory is not in America."Jul 15, 2025

Bloomberg.com

"In terms of profitability, it's way better for Apple to take the hit of a 25% tariff on iPhones sold in the US market than to move iPhone assembly lines back to the US."Jul 14, 2025

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