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It's a shame that manufacturers nor the reviewers no longer publish where tested equipment has been made. Why hiding such a fact?

These days you really have to dig deep to find this seemingly basic information. Often you can only learn when you actually purchase the product and look at labelling.

What would be the reason for that?

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All of Apple’s hardware devices sold in the US are manufactured in China, with the exception (I think?) of the Mac Pro. Their chips are fabbed in Taiwan. This has been the case the decades and is pretty much common knowledge. Nobody is hiding anything.

I asked a few of my friends where they think Apple products are made and all of them but one said they make it in California or Silicon Valley. It's not a common knowledge.

It said right there on the box: made in China, assembled in California, and has been that way for 10 year-ish

If it is not common knowledge in your circle of friends, it is not Apple’s fault

Maybe it's not common knowledge for you either? I don't own any iDevices but doesn't it say "Designed in California, Assembled in China"?

The link to China is common knowledge. I made no claim on the particular wording of the statement :-)

I would like to know that _before_ I buy the product. It's a hassle to do a return when you learn about it only after you buy it. It's also not healthy for the environment.

The only thing that matters is that it was "Designed in California". Who cares where it's made?

Is not as if USA can still manufacture high technology products. That's a skill best outsourced to the cheapest locations.

I don't want to buy products made in a country that facilitates concentration camps and slave labour.

So no made in USA products either ? The US regularly uses prisoners as a cheap labor force and it’s not like they have much choice in the matter.

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