Where Does Your IPhone Come From - A Look At IPhone Manufacturing

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Apple's iPhones are "Designed in California and assembled in China" according to the product packaging but the real story of where your iPhone comes from is much more complex. Designers, engineers, skilled and unskilled factory workers from all over the world contribute to the final product.

Each iPhone has hundreds of separate components. Most of the suppliers that Apple buys components from have headquarters in the United States or Europe, with manufacturing facilities in Asia. Even some of the Asian manufacturing facilities turn around and outsource the manufacturing of the part to a third country where labor is less expensive, such as Malaysia or the Philippines. Major suppliers of iPhone components include Sony, Sharp, Win Semiconductors, TDK, Toshiba, Corning and Texas Instruments.

Global Internet Coverage Maps

This article is meant to dissect internet usage around the world. The world population in 2006 was 6.5 billion. The percentage using internet in the world in that year was 18 percent. As a consequence the percentage not using the internet was 82 percent. In 2011 the world population was 7 bn. The percentage of the world using the internet during that year rose to 35 percent with 65 percent not using the internet.

Smart Phone Users, By The Numbers

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This infographic shows how many people in the world are fond of smartphones and this shows a figure of 1 Billion active users among the 7 Billion estimated populations. As time goes by, the demand of consumers are getting higher and continuous creation of different operating systems are also very competitive. Android’s 25 Billion downloads was reached by Apple and 6 months later, Android reached the same number. This shows how these devices are influencing the present generation. In the age group of 16-29 years old individuals, 95% of them have phone and only 85% are from age group 30 plus. Among these results, smartphone owners in America have higher percentage rate for age group 25-44 years old and the lowest are from 13-17 years old. When Android and iOS operating systems were not out yet, RIM was highly used in EMEA as well as in Japan, NoAm and ROW but not in China. Next to this is the Microsoft but is not used in Japan. Symbian was also highly used in EMEA and ROW but lower in Japan and China. The number of smartphone users can easily get higher with all the new and hi-tech operating systems available and it is not impossible to double the number of active users in few years. 

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An infographic by the team at CouponAudit
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