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Google to move Pixel smartphone production to Vietnam
2019-08-28
[Finance.Yahoo] Alphabet Inc's Google is shifting its Pixel smartphone production to Vietnam from China starting this year as it builds a cheap supply chain in Southeast Asia, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday.

The move comes as labor costs are rising in China along with added pressure from spiraling tariffs due to the ongoing Sino-U.S. trade tensions.

The U.S. internet giant plans to move most of its American-bound hardware out of China, including the Pixel phones and its smart speaker Google Home, Nikkei said.

The company plans to ship about 8 million to 10 million smartphones this year, double from a year ago, making Vietnam a key part of Google's drive for growth in the smartphone market, the newspaper added.

Google will shift some production of the Pixel 3A phone to Vietnam before the end of this year, Nikkei reported citing sources.

For its smart speakers, some production is likely to be moved to Thailand but the company's new product development and initial production for its hardware lineup will still be in China, the newspaper said.
Posted by:Titus Glugum7307

#7  clothing that causes burns to the skin

Walmart in the US is selling clothing made in China that is doing the same thing.

In the mean time I am seeing more open borders victims, black and white, on the streets and homeless in the US that could be doing this if the knuckle dragging, hypocrite dims who continue to up the minimum wage that cannot be paid by businesses while importing cheap latin American labor. I am very, very surprised the US Chamber of Commerce is not importing cheap Vietnamese labor into the US … yet.
Posted by: Phaick Uneretle6310   2019-08-28 20:09  

#6  plus a clever little sprite, niece of yours truly.

Congratulations, Dron66046!
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-08-28 18:59  

#5  They have a chip design 'gChips team' in Bangalore, but no manufacturing yet. It has guys and gals who worked with Intel, freescale, motorola etc on it plus a clever little sprite, niece of yours truly.
The Govt often favors indigenous, small businesses and startups which the giants show a predatory side to. Hence it keeps hauling up google and facebook for anti-trust litigation every few months, threatening to shut down cloud servers, routinely inspecting. It's also not easy for western companies to set up plants in India without meeting very strict, insanely socialist compliance criteria which they shy away from. It's just more profitable to design here, and build in Vietnam, maybe.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-08-28 16:32  

#4  Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines

Also to India and Mexico
Posted by: Lex   2019-08-28 12:20  

#3  A lot of the manufacturing leaving China is going to Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines. All countries bullied by China and have an interest in working with the US to keep China low.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-08-28 11:02  

#2  Vietnam is very unhappy with China. Vietnam has received very cheap products and clothing that causes burns to the skin. It is my understanding they welcome Americans. This Google thing is bad in my opinion as Google has had a love affair with China. Just another way to keep an eye on things in Vietnam. Google will do the bidding of China.
Posted by: Dale   2019-08-28 10:35  

#1  More progress.

bluebirdssss...
Posted by: Lex   2019-08-28 10:23  

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