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Motorola Outsources 90% of Its Phones, Xiaomi 78%, Vivo 52%, While Apple Outsources None (www.gizmochina.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] daikiki 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In case you were wondering, they're saying that Apple doesn't outsource its design. It outsources its fabrication like nobody's business. I always kinda thought that's what outsourcing meant, but apparently there are companies that neither design nor fabricate their products. I guess their core competency is just taking the money.

[–] jqubed 2 points 2 months ago

I’d be curious how many phone companies don’t outsource fabrication, even just for final assembly. Maybe Samsung doesn’t? LG, Huawei? And even then I suspect they’d try to retain some capacity with contract assemblers for redundancy in case of a disaster or other issue at their own facility or in case they get an unexpectedly high runner and need extra capacity to meet demand.

[–] roofuskit 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Motorola doesn't make cell phones at all. Lenovo makes cell phones under the Moto brand they purchased when Motorola left that part of the industry.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yup, Motorola sold the mobility division to Google who rustled through their pockets for spare patents before selling the remainder of the brand to Lenovo.

[–] roofuskit 1 points 2 months ago

I forgot about that brief interlude. I remember it being sad when Google gutted them and sold the brand.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

OK?

[–] solrize 2 points 2 months ago

They don't say what models but it probably doesn't matter. It's fine with me if my phone is basically generic. (Moto G Stylus 5g 2023).