iPhone

1. List down the main ingredients or raw materials in manufacturing the chosen product,
Identify the corresponding country from which each ingredient or raw material came
from.

Storage made in Japan (Toshiba)

- It is where the iPhone stores iOS, apps, music, photos, and videos

Camera made in Japan (Sony)

Display made in Japan (Asahi)

RAM made in Korea (Samsung)

- The short term memory where your iPhone stores your most recently used apps so
you can open them faster

A9 processor Made in Korea (Samsung) and Taiwan ( TSMC)

- Runs iOS and your apps

Rare Materials came from California and China

- For multiple parts, like colors for screen, phone circuitry, speakers, vibration unit

Chassis made in China

- The iPhone’s body

Radio Frequency Transceiver made in China (Qualcomm)

- Sends and receives radio signals for calls and data

WiFi Module made in China (Universal Scientific Industrial)

Battery made in China (Huapu Technology)

LTE Modem made in China (Qualcomm)

- Connects your iPhone to your Carrier’s LTE network

2. Identify the countries involved in the Manufacturing of the chosen product. Indicate
the corresponding service the country does for the product.
Most of these suppliers send their manufactured components to massive Apple
manufacturing factories around the world for additional manufacturing and assembly. The
components go to locations in China, the Czech Republic, Malaysia, Thailand, and South
Korea among others. Although they’re located in many countries, however, all these
manufacturing facilities are part of only two companies: Foxconn and Pegatron. These
Taiwanese firms manage iPhone production and ensure the completed phones are delivered
on time and with the quality standards, Apple demands.
Technically, Foxconn is the company’s trade name; the firm’s official name is Hon Hai
Precision Industry Co. Ltd. Foxconn is Apple's longest-running partner in building these
devices. It currently assembles the majority of Apple's iPhones in its Shenzen, China, location,
although Foxconn maintains factories in countries across the world, including Thailand,
Malaysia, the Czech Republic, South Korea, Singapore, and the Philippines.
Pegatron is a relatively recent addition to the iPhone assembly process. It is estimated that it
built about 30 percent of the iPhone 6 orders in its Chinese plants.

3. Aside from the Philippines, list other countries which the product is being sold.

Australia, Albania, Bosnia, China Cambodia, France, Great Britain, Germany, Japan ,Kosovo,
Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, USA, Thailand,
Turkey,

4. Cite the kinds of technology that made the creation of the product possible. Consider
communication and transportation.

Multitouch, the touchscreen technology that had been incubating for over two decades,
at places as diverse as CERN, the University of Toronto, and a startup bent on helping
those with hand disabilities use computers, by the time the iPhone began development.

-The ARM processor, the low-energy, efficient, and powerful chip architecture that
provides the iPhone with its brain. Formerly the Acorn RISC Machine, its first iteration was
developed in the UK by Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber, and it has gone on to become
the most ubiquitous chip in the world.

-Core Animation, a technology largely only known amongst developers, is the software
that allows those developers to deploy fluid, top tier animations with their apps, and its
why the early animations on the iPhone look so good.
-Sensors! To name a few: Accelerometers, gyroscopes, and proximity sensors all are
necessary to allow the iPhone to understand its physical location and relationship to the
user.

-Lithium ion batteries. The iPhone wouldn’t be much good without a charge, and a
slender, long-lasting battery makes that possible. Fun fact: The first one was invented at a
lab run by Exxon, the oil giant, which at the time, was trying to diversify its portfolio.

-Gorilla Glass. The iPhone needed scratchproof glass, and there was nothing on the
market at the time that could deliver. Enter Corning, and its half-a-century-old Project
Muscle, which had yielded super strong glass no one could figure out a use for in its hey
day. Apple gladly took it off their hands.

-GPS. Maybe an obvious one, but you can’t have Google Maps or location services
without it.