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Rumor: Apple to eat all production cost increases caused by natural disasters in Japan

article published on 1 April, 2011

According to Digitimes, Apple has agreed to eat any and all production cost increases caused by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami disasters. In return, upstream component suppliers will keep shipments running "smoothly." Many of the component suppliers buy components from Japan, but Apple's move should help them remain fully profitable in the foreseeable future. The move should ... [ read the full article ]

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xbkrypt0n
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_ 		1. April 2011 @ 01:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So this means that they just cut their slice of the pie a little thinner... maybe. Do remember that Apple are one greedy bunch of people. How much profit were they making on every sold product? $100, $200 or more?
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_ 		1. April 2011 @ 01:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by xbkrypt0n:
 So this means that they just cut their slice of the pie a little thinner... maybe. Do remember that Apple are one greedy bunch of people. How much profit were they making on every sold product? $100, $200 or more?
Their operating margins are generally in the 30-40 percent range.
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_ 		1. April 2011 @ 05:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I thought apple products were all made in china?

I highly doubt this will hurt apple too much; their devices are all made with old tech that can be built anywhere and for cheap.
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_ 		1. April 2011 @ 05:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by KillerBug:
 I thought apple products were all made in china?

I highly doubt this will hurt apple too much; their devices are all made with old tech that can be built anywhere and for cheap.
foxconn makes apple products.they are one of the richest companies in china/taiwan.Sure there are several other companies that make/manufactor/assemble apple products.
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_ 		1. April 2011 @ 14:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
IPod and Iphone are going to be radioactive.
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_ 		1. April 2011 @ 21:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by DVDBack23:
Originally posted by xbkrypt0n:
 So this means that they just cut their slice of the pie a little thinner... maybe. Do remember that Apple are one greedy bunch of people. How much profit were they making on every sold product? $100, $200 or more?
Their operating margins are generally in the 30-40 percent range.

...and generally only a few percent higher than competing products.
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_ 		2. April 2011 @ 23:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I don't have or own any Apple products, so it's nothing to me. Seems like a big waste of money.
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