According to reports, Steve Jobs told President Obama about Apple's plan to manufacture its devices in China, saying, "Those jobs ain't coming back." But a new report argues that making Apple devices in the United States is at least feasible. A publication from the University of Manchester says that if Apple brought its operation back to the United States, it would be able to still make a gross margin of at least 50% on the iPhone.
The catch? That's less than Apple's making right now, and the company would need to pay US wages for the eight hours of labor it takes to make each iPhone. So it's a question of priorities -- at
