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Here’s where your favorite gadgets are made, from the Nintendo Switch to Apple AirPods Pro
The trade war, rising labor costs and now the coronavirus outbreak has companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Tesla and even China’s own DJI looking for manufacturers outside China
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The rapidly spreading coronavirus has disrupted many companies’ supply chains in China, potentially making it harder for people to get some of the world’s most popular gadgets in the near future. But even before the outbreak, some gadget makers were already moving parts of their production away from China because of rising labor costs and an escalating trade war with the US.
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Here’s a look at where some of the world’s favorite gadgets are coming from these days.
Nintendo Switch
Until last year, Nintendo made all of its Switch consoles in China. Then the Japanese gaming giant started to move some of that production over to Vietnam, the Nikkei Asian Review reported. Nintendo sells about 40% of its Switch consoles in the US, so the company is trying to minimize the risk of tariffs imposed by the US by moving production away from China.
Earlier reports by the Wall Street Journal also suggested that the production in Vietnam was for two new Switch models. In China, the Switch is made by Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn, which also produces most of the world’s iPhones.
iPhone 11
Most iPhones are assembled in China’s Shenzhen and the central city of Zhengzhou, which has the world’s largest iPhone factory. And that includes the iPhone 11. Foxconn and Pegatron are both responsible for iPhone 11 production in China, according to TF International’s Ming-Chi Kuo.
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