Apple will reportedly have the iPhone in the United States to produce. That reports Nikkei Asian Review on the basis of anonymous sources. The reason for this would be with the new American president Donald Trump.

The “Trump tax”

iPhoneThe president is not happy with the fact that Apple products abroad. He stated the idea of a 35 percent tax on imported products which are made abroad. Such a “Trump tax” should be Apple forcing "to use their damned computers in America instead of other countries."

Now, says an anonymous source so that Apple has the ability to use the iPhone in the United States to produce examines. It has reportedly already been in contact with Foxconn and Pegatron, the two manufacturers of Apple’s products.

Foxconn helps, but move it does not itself

According to the source has Foxconn already toegstemd to Apple to help with devising a plan to take the production to America to move. The company says only that this is not going to participate. The cost would be too high.

Costs production iPhone to double

The source confirms that the cost of the production would double if they would move to the US. Foxconn thinks according to the source that Trump Apple is going to force in any case, a number of components in America to produce. That can be a problem, because not all components of the iPhone can be manufactured in America.

Source: NikkeiAsianReview via PhoneArena