- Dec 15, 2012
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I made a thread a few months ago now about the announcement that Motorola were going to make their new flagship phone, the X in Texas. Now I was sceptical and at best I thought "yeah but that wont be for a year or two" but I was wrong. It's 2 o'clock in the morning here in the UK and I had BBC News 24 on and they must have some sort of partnership with CNN because every time at this hour CNN report from the US for the UK and they reported on it and I learnt a few things.
1- It really is made in America. Like the guy said its one thing being "assembled" In the US but what about the internal components such as the semi conductors, wire, circuit boards and so on, and with that this factory worker bring a map of the US and says that about 80% or the phone is US made (Maine, Texas, Utah and several others).
2 - They are still hiring. They are predicting 2,000 jobs by the end of August and 3,000 by the end of the year.
3 - The cost of the phone should be as expensive, or as cheap (which ever way you want to put it) as their Chinese made counterparts. Some rumours have emerged that it is going to be priced slightly lower than them, Motorola, or Google commenting on challenging the likes of Apple and Samsung profit margins, however Motorola will be saving money with shipping costs, especially for the smartphones sold within the US and western hemisphere, if you could say that. Also that Chinese manufacturing could soon come to a slow down or stand still as companies may not be able to exploit cheap labour costs as wages are increasing in China (a good thing never the less) making their phones less attractive price wise, or narrowing the profits margins) Very good point.
And 4. I will be buying one. I know to a lot of people they won't care for this sort of thing but I think it is a step in the right direction and could possibly lead to other companies doing the same. Apple have said they plan to make some Macs in the US as well as HP.
Like eating a steak, knowing where it comes from and how its made can change the experience you get from it. And with increasing reports of unfortunate fatalities and poor working conditions by Apple contractors (not just Foxconn) its nicer to know that this move may cause for OEM's to think differently. I have long argued that Nokia should make their handsets in Finland where they used to be built but that asking too much I guess. Motorola are going to use the "Made in US" as a way of promoting, Nokia could do the same?
Other than this the X looks really nice, comes in several colours and has really neat tricks like when you grab the phone out of your pocket and sake it, it turns on the camera. That's quite cool.
So yeah what are you guys' opinions on this? You as excited or not as me about this?
1- It really is made in America. Like the guy said its one thing being "assembled" In the US but what about the internal components such as the semi conductors, wire, circuit boards and so on, and with that this factory worker bring a map of the US and says that about 80% or the phone is US made (Maine, Texas, Utah and several others).
2 - They are still hiring. They are predicting 2,000 jobs by the end of August and 3,000 by the end of the year.
3 - The cost of the phone should be as expensive, or as cheap (which ever way you want to put it) as their Chinese made counterparts. Some rumours have emerged that it is going to be priced slightly lower than them, Motorola, or Google commenting on challenging the likes of Apple and Samsung profit margins, however Motorola will be saving money with shipping costs, especially for the smartphones sold within the US and western hemisphere, if you could say that. Also that Chinese manufacturing could soon come to a slow down or stand still as companies may not be able to exploit cheap labour costs as wages are increasing in China (a good thing never the less) making their phones less attractive price wise, or narrowing the profits margins) Very good point.
And 4. I will be buying one. I know to a lot of people they won't care for this sort of thing but I think it is a step in the right direction and could possibly lead to other companies doing the same. Apple have said they plan to make some Macs in the US as well as HP.
Like eating a steak, knowing where it comes from and how its made can change the experience you get from it. And with increasing reports of unfortunate fatalities and poor working conditions by Apple contractors (not just Foxconn) its nicer to know that this move may cause for OEM's to think differently. I have long argued that Nokia should make their handsets in Finland where they used to be built but that asking too much I guess. Motorola are going to use the "Made in US" as a way of promoting, Nokia could do the same?
Other than this the X looks really nice, comes in several colours and has really neat tricks like when you grab the phone out of your pocket and sake it, it turns on the camera. That's quite cool.
So yeah what are you guys' opinions on this? You as excited or not as me about this?
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