tharock220 Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 http://business.time.com/2013/05/29/texas-plant-to-make-first-u-s-assembled-smartphones/ Texas Plant to Make First U.S.-Assembled Smartphones(AUSTIN, Texas) — Cellphone pioneer Motorola announced Wednesday that it’s opening a Texas manufacturing facility that will create 2,000 jobs and produce its new flagship device, Moto X, the first smartphone ever assembled in the U.S. The company has already begun hiring for the Fort Worth plant. The site was most recently unoccupied but was once used by fellow phone manufacturer Nokia, meaning it was designed to produce mobile devices, said Will Moss, a spokesman for Motorola Mobility, which is owned by Google. “It was a great facility in an ideal location,” said Moss, who said it will be an easy trip for Motorola engineering teams based in Chicago and Silicon Valley, and is also close to the company’s service and repair operations in Mexico. The formal announcement came at AllThingsD’s D11 Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., from Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside. Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office administers a pair of special state incentive funds meant to help attract job-creating businesses to the state, but Moss said the Republican governor did not distribute any money to close this deal. “Motorola Mobility’s decision to manufacture its new smartphone and create thousands of new jobs in Texas is great news for our growing state,” Perry said through a spokeswoman. “Our strong, healthy economy, built on a foundation of low taxes, smart regulation, fair legal system and a skilled workforce is attracting companies from across the country and around the world that want to be a part of the rising Texas success story.” The factory will be owned and run by Flextronics International Ltd., a Singapore-based contract electronics manufacturer that has had a long relationship with Motorola. Assembly accounts for relatively little of the cost of a smartphone. The cost largely lies in the chips, battery and display, most of which come from Asian factories. For instance, research firm iSuppli estimates that the components of Samsung’s latest flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, cost $229, while the assembly costs $8. In December, Apple Inc. said it would move manufacturing of one of its existing lines of Mac computers to the U.S. this year, reversing decades of increasing outsourcing. The company has come under some criticism for working conditions at the Chinese factories where its products are assembled. Some other manufacturers, such as Hewlett-Packard Co., have kept some PC assembly operations in the U.S. Moss said the Moto X will go on sale this summer. He said he could provide few details, citing priority secrets. He said the idea from the beginning was to bring manufacturing back to the U.S. “It’s obviously our major market so, for us, having manufacturing here gets us much closer to our key customers and partners as well as our end users,” he said. “It makes for much leaner, more efficient operations.” But Motorola will still have global manufacturing operations, including at factories in China and Brazil. “Fact remains that more than 130 million people in the U.S. are using smartphones,” Mark Randall, Motorola’s senior vice president of supply chain and Operations, said in a statement, “but until Moto X, none of those smartphones have been built in the USA. Damn, add that to Apple coming to Texas, how long before all of Silicon Valley cedes the lead in the tech industry to Silicon Hills??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallows 420 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 it seems texas would be doing better if it didnt have oblamers admin dragging it down... http://business.time.com/2013/05/29/texas-plant-to-make-first-u-s-assembled-smartphones/ Damn, add that to Apple coming to Texas, how long before all of Silicon Valley cedes the lead in the tech industry to Silicon Hills??? apple is also going to nevada, they have zero income and corp taxes calif is chasing the employed away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImTheNana Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 calif is chasing the employed away Unfortunately, that will also lead to liberal infection of typically conservative states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dano bivins Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 So they're building in texas and paying the workers $8 an hour. That's worse than not having any jobs. At least in California they pay a decent wage. Texas is a hellhole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclectic skeptic Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 First American Made Smart Phones Built in Texas Ironic isn't it. Most of the state is filled with dumb sh-itkickers...except Austin of course. Best city in the godforsaken wasteland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRanger Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 First American Made Smart Phones Built in Texas Ironic isn't it. Most of the state is filled with dumb sh-itkickers...except Austin of course. Best city in the godforsaken wasteland. your ignorance is impressive skep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tharock220 Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 First American Made Smart Phones Built in Texas Ironic isn't it. Most of the state is filled with dumb sh-itkickers...except Austin of course. Best city in the godforsaken wasteland. I went to college in Austin. I still visit every few months. Has anybody moved to New Jersey since 1990?? Talk about a wasteland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallows 420 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 First American Made Smart Phones Built in Texas Ironic isn't it. Most of the state is filled with dumb sh-itkickers...except Austin of course. Best city in the godforsaken wasteland. lucky for you, they have a rep gov in new jerksie you deserve to live in the highest tax area like calif. so you can enjoy your "liberal pcs ways" dumbazz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharf Rat2 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 I hope they realize that area around Alliance Airport is like West was. One exploded gas well away from a calamity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsky Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 First American Made Smart Phones Built in Texas Ironic isn't it. Most of the state is filled with dumb sh-itkickers...except Austin of course. Best city in the godforsaken wasteland. austin? as if...have you ever been to san antonio? galviston? hell i had more fun in porter texas than in austin.. bass fishing richland chambers reservoir near corsicana..dude austin...wtf austin the home of segway tours and music festivals...what the hell happened to austin..is that where all the commies go? no wonder e.s. likes the place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharf Rat2 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 You wanna see what Texas is REALLY all about go to Jacksborough! Shltkicker heaven! As redneck and brokedick as it can be! No niggrs allowed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsky Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 You wanna see what Texas is REALLY all about go to Jacksborough! Shltkicker heaven! As redneck and brokedick as it can be! No niggrs allowed! well maybe they had enough of your sh it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred750 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 First American Made Smart Phones Built in Texas Ironic isn't it. Most of the state is filled with dumb sh-itkickers...except Austin of course. Best city in the godforsaken wasteland. I understand that potential illegal Mexicans are staging at the border, ready to rush in and grab those low paying phone building jobs. Rick Perry is Mexico's biggest employment promoter, he has brought their unemployment rate down more than any Mexican president ever has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfboy Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 So they're building in texas and paying the workers $8 an hour. That's worse than not having any jobs. At least in California they pay a decent wage. Texas is a hellhole. There's liberal logic for you. Liberals will protest whenever anyone points out that welfare is a disincentive to work, but then they will willingly admit it's better to sit home on their fat asses, than demean themselves by working. First American Made Smart Phones Built in Texas Ironic isn't it. Most of the state is filled with dumb sh-itkickers...except Austin of course. Best city in the godforsaken wasteland. This coming from a moron living in the joke that is Jersey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred750 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 There's liberal logic for you. Liberals will protest whenever anyone points out that welfare is a disincentive to work, but then they will willingly admit it's better to sit home on their fat asses, than demean themselves by working. This coming from a moron living in the joke that is Jersey. This coming from a kid in Idaho, a state that's only claim to fame is, We got Spuds, if you got the grease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNightStalker Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 No niggrs allowed! Then how do you know what its like there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintao Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 http://business.time.com/2013/05/29/texas-plant-to-make-first-u-s-assembled-smartphones/ Damn, add that to Apple coming to Texas, how long before all of Silicon Valley cedes the lead in the tech industry to Silicon Hills??? LMAO!!! At 7,000 employees,........... long fking time dude. But thanks for thinking of us. Silicon Valley continues to be the leading startup ecosystem for high-tech innovation and development, accounting for one-third (1/3) of all of the venture capital investment in the United States. Geographically, Silicon Valley encompasses all of the Santa Clara Valley including the city of San Jose (and adjacent communities), the southern Peninsula Valley, and the southern East Bay. However, with the rapid growth of technology jobs in the San Francisco metropolitan area, some commentators now argue that the traditional boundaries of Silicon Valley have expanded north to include the rest of San Mateo County and the City and County of San Francisco, as well as parts of Marin County. wiki There's liberal logic for you. Liberals will protest whenever anyone points out that welfare is a disincentive to work, but then they will willingly admit it's better to sit home on their fat asses, than demean themselves by working. Cons will whine and cry over people sitting on welfare that they don't have a clue about, but will whine and cry about paying an American worker a living wage or benefits so fat assed stock holders can sit on their asses. Then how do you know what its like there? Did you eat a lot of moon pies when you were a child? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNightStalker Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Did you eat a lot of moon pies when you were a child? No. They cause brain damage or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel58 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 your ignorance is impressive skep Actually, ES is right on. Beyond the Austin city limits, Texas is a worthless shit hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scrutinizer Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Is Texas going to rewrite smartphone tech manuals like they did with history books? Are they going to insist that we include the part where Jesus created the smartphone? Texas smartphone instructions: 1) take out of package. 2) pray it works. I hate rednecks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William1444 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 phones made in texass will be called dumb phones and those who use them will be called morons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRanger Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Libs are pathetic...a seemingly low paying job in texas goes a lot further than your decent paying job in california Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tharock220 Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 LMAO!!! At 7,000 employees,........... long fking time dude. But thanks for thinking of us. Silicon Valley continues to be the leading startup ecosystem for high-tech innovation and development, accounting for one-third (1/3) of all of the venture capital investment in the United States. Geographically, Silicon Valley encompasses all of the Santa Clara Valley including the city of San Jose (and adjacent communities), the southern Peninsula Valley, and the southern East Bay. However, with the rapid growth of technology jobs in the San Francisco metropolitan area, some commentators now argue that the traditional boundaries of Silicon Valley have expanded north to include the rest of San Mateo County and the City and County of San Francisco, as well as parts of Marin County. wiki Startups are a tiny percentage of the tech economy. Total venture capital investment in the entire US was $31 billion in 2011. That's two quarters for a company like Microsoft. Companies like Apple and Google don't need venture capital because banks don't consider them high risk and will lend them money. Banks don't prefer to lend money to startups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallows 420 Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Libs are pathetic...a seemingly low paying job in texas goes a lot further than your decent paying job in california why dont they like texas ? where can I see a list of all the states liberals are jealous of I wonder why they hate America... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred750 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 Is Texas going to rewrite smartphone tech manuals like they did with history books? Are they going to insist that we include the part where Jesus created the smartphone? Texas smartphone instructions: 1) take out of package. 2) pray it works. I hate rednecks. The cons have been complaining that the current phones do not fit well with their heads up there in their a$$'s, so the intention is to build a special a$$ compatible con version of the cell phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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