iPhone and iPad have some key U.S.-made components, according to Apple's CEO.
Foxconn may assemble the iPhone and iPad in China, but key components are made in the good ol' USA, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, speaking today at the D10 conference.
"This is not well known...but the engine for the iPhone and the iPad are built in the U.S. in Austin, Texas," Cook said.
Cook is almost certainly referring toSamsung's Austin chip plant, where the A5 -- and presumably the newer A5X -- chips are made.
These are points worth making as Apple has been primarily identified with Asia-based Foxconn in the production of the iPhone and iPad."The glass is made in a plant in Kentucky," he added, referring to the Corning's Gorilla Glass facility.
And that has been a sticky issue for Apple as the U.S. grapples with high unemployment, which is partially the result of U.S. companies outsourcing more and more production to China.
Cook also talked about how manufacturing in the U.S. was a challenge because of the lack of tool-and-die manufacturing expertise,according to Reuters.
"On the assembly piece, could that be done in the U.S.? I hope so, again, one day," he said
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