| Euphoria14 said: Someone correct me if I am wrong, but how did Apple win "Best Manufacturer" when they don't manufacture their own devices?  |
So you think Foxconn should have just been given the award by acclamation?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn#Clients
As far as I can tell, the biggest phone manufacturer which doesn't deal with Foxconn is LG.They're not listed in that link, but Foxconn has also been known to assemble phones for HTC and RIM.
And that's what Foxconn does, assemble parts. Foxconn is the final supplier in the chain who takes the chips, batteries, and displays and mounts them in a case. Many of the components in a smartphone cost more than assembly, so why not call the maker of the display or the NAND the "manufacturer"?
Those parts and how they're assembled have been designed, ordered and paid for by the real manufacturers to their specifications. If you don't think that any of these phone companies are actually "manufacturers" because they contract out assembly of their products, you basically think that intellectual property has no value and nothing is worth more than the sum of its parts. Time to wake up and smell the information economy.
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