Your use of the English language is about as good as Microsoft Windows.

Which processors? Some of the major chips are done by Samsung foundries in Texas, but you know how motivated Apple is to get away to Samsung, and TSMC foundries are almost all in Asia.

I ordered the phone on October 4 – it is still ‘processing’ – and shows a ship date with delivery between November 5-9…..

You mean like the prior U.S. plants that robotically assembled Macs (Freemont plant?) and it was still much less expensive to move the production overseas?

Until you get the other production related costs down (facilities costs, energy costs, maintenance costs, etc.) even robotics work will be more expensive in the U.S.

As of it’s a bad thing that they are selling them as fast as they can make them!!!!

LMAO!!! 😆

I went to my local AT&T store last week in NJ for a 64 gb iPhone5. It was not in stock, but they had it shipped to me in 3 days. Is that really a serious supply constraint if you can get it in 3 freaking days?

I also agree with Federico above. After a week in my pocket with keys, no scratches. The AT&T salesperson was playing up the “scratches easily” angle real hard in order to attempt to sell me a basic plastic case for $38.

Meaning, it makes as little sense to ship the unassembled components to the US for final assembly by robots, as it does if they were assembled in the US by American hands.

First, maps.
Then, scratches (by the way I have the 5 and I put it in my pocket with my keys. Nary a scratch.
Then, production problems. Production problems cannot keep up with demand, not production being limited as in producing less than the iPhone 4(s).

Baloney, just to cash in on the options and naked shorts.

Before you even go there, to get a 1-HB work visa for a foreign worker, the US employer has to demonstrate that the skills required aren’t available in the US. The guidelines of proof are exacting, and the process can take up to 18 months.

It is easier to move whole factories, than it is to get qualified labor in the US. Every year the US runs short on skilled, technical labor by more than 300,000 jobs (annual visa quota limitation).

MDN if you believe this crap you have no standing to be critical of anyone much less Cook and apple management. Shyster is as shyster does.

Because even robotic plants have to have supervising and fixing engineers, which are much cheaper there.

Also, all the components except for, partially, SoC A6 and few others are made in Asia, so it is logistically more convenient to assemble there.

You should read more. Terry Gou, chairman of Hon Hai Precision, stated that Foxconn will be shifting to robotic assembly to overcome labor shortages. That was during an earnings conference call about two years ago.

This is another reason, beyond a screwed up taxation philosophy, that manufacturers are fleeing the US. Where are you going to find a million QUALIFIED workers in the US (5% of the US labor force is considered unemployable), let alone in one place?

PANIC SALES REQUIRED !!! sell all of your AAPL today !!

Apple will report a very very worse result next week . Why do I know ?? Coz all of us FEAR !!