Put them in with the luggage ? <| sep |> It ' s the 1986 Volvo of smartphones only more dated for it ' s time <| sep |># sulapismirror Mirrored post from the tumblr blog A Universe of Madness I am a bot . If I did something wrong , let me knowmessagecompose ? t o k upiakossubjectLapisMirror . FAQ 39 ityx Source <| sep |> What the frabnot . <| sep |> That is exactly what it is . Foxconn and Pegatron are the two primary manufacturers of iPhones with enormous operations in China . They ' re also both aggressively automating their manufacturing processFoxconn recently laid off 60 , 000 manufacturing employees that are being replaced with robotics . Robots don ' t share the varying labor costs that humans do , so the question largely concerns energy and shipping costs . If Apple can shift a bulk of its iPhone production to the United States to reduce shipping costs to North America and Europe , obviously they would invest in an increase in profitability . But it ' ll be riding on the backs of Foxconn ' s and Pegatron ' s automated manufacturing .