Apple has been steadfast in insisting that the iPhone is an American product. Foxconn also does the last step – folding the iPhone pastry and putting it into ovens. An iPhone isn’t made only in China and California. By this gauge, it’s clear that Apple really is the “maker” of the iPhone, even though it does very little manufacturing. Most of the real work was still done back in China, with manufacturing in South America being more akin to assembling Legos.

Source: Washington Post June 12, 2019 06:22 UTC