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Last US cellphone plant is US to close. It'a all Obama's fault!!!
2014 Jun 2, 4:32am 768 views 5 comments
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Strategist
2014 Jun 2, 4:58am
Shut In one year? Wow
If the plant was in California would Obama have saved it?
HydroCabron
2014 Jun 2, 5:05am
If only they passed huge import tariffs. That would solve the problem, and the higher cost would absolutely not be passed on to the customer.
Indeed, it has been proven that, due to fifth-dimensional portals (which are the source of the pure silk which streams directly from Scarlett Johansson's butt), import duties do not raise consumer prices at all!
(Unlike higher taxes on the wealthy, or laws against dumping polyvinylhexafluorouranosulfate into the water table, or higher wages, which are directly tacked on to the sales price.)
zzyzzx
2014 Jun 2, 5:17am
If the plant was in California would Obama have saved it?
No. Like all liberals, he hates manufacturing jobs, unless the employees are unionized and not part of the energy sector.
I was surprised to learn that Samsung is still experimenting with Tizen and will release a phone using the Linux based platform.
zzyzzx
2014 Jun 2, 11:32pm
Actually I am surprised that there is even a cellphone factory in the US to close down.
https://ph.news.yahoo.com/photos/bye-made-in-the-u-s-a-phones-hello-china-google-s-motorola-to-close-texas-factory-1401672179-slideshow/
Even U.S.-based Google's ambition of making products that are made in the company's home country is now shattered, as it announced that its North Texas factory, which makes Motorola handsets, will close by end-2014. The cost of running it is simply too high, a spokesperson said.
Opened in May 2013, the factory in Fort Worth, Texas, is said to be the first smartphone assembly plant in the U.S. However, we'd like to point out that even though Google-owned Motorola Mobility's devices are designed and assembled in the land of Uncle Sam, assembly is the last step in the manufacturing process. Associated Press said it well: "The cost largely lies in the chips, battery, and display, most of which come from Asia. Motorola Mobility will still continue to develop the Moto X in Brazil and China, where the costs for labor and shipping aren't as high." Incidentally, China's Lenovo is buying Motorola Mobility from Google. The sale is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
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