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TravellingBeard t1_j72jbi0 wrote

Serious question as an Android user.

Are the top Android models (Samsung, Pixel, etc) made in significantly better working conditions or is "hell" par for the course for most brands?

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Gaeus_ t1_j72m5qy wrote

Pixel is Chinese built, and only the premium Galaxy phones (Fold, ultra...) Are built outside china.

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SneakerHead69420666 t1_j75j9qf wrote

where are those made?

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tobiascuypers t1_j75qf0d wrote

The user was mistaken when they said the fold. The Foldable devices are manufactured in china. The Galaxy Models tho are manufactured in South Korea or Vietnam

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Gaeus_ t1_j75zyv2 wrote

Shit... that's true. After the Fold 2 the Fold 3 and 4 are built in China.

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turbo_nudist t1_j75rd8x wrote

it’s all the same, headlines about apple just generally get people more angry on reddit for some reason

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tuberB t1_j74b2vn wrote

Everything you use is made in similar conditions. This is what being an assembler in a production environment looks like.

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mainguy t1_j766lxk wrote

i see very little reason to believe they are. For instance the batteries for most smartphones made in the DRC are done under awful conditions for some miners, and amnesty international found LG don't give a damn. Actually no brand seems to be doing much about artisinal miners apart from Apple according to Amnesty, an independent charity representing miners in africa in this case.

Batteries are of course in every phone and an important part of the supply chain. So I think the amount of care brands have for the miners is quite indicative

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37Lions t1_j76en05 wrote

Foxxcon doesn’t just manufacture iPhones.

So your tech is made in hell. Even Smart TVs. If you’re a consumer, you contribute.

This is how brands make billions, by treating humans as modern day slaves.

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