Google, Microsoft shift production from China faster due to virus

[Viet]

Made in Vietnam' Pixel phones and Surface laptops expected in 2020


CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers
FEBRUARY 26, 2020 17:58 JST

Industry watchers say Microsoft and Google are better positioned to shift production away from China than companies like Apple and HP. (Nikkei montage/source photo by Reuters)


TAIPEI -- Google and Microsoft are accelerating efforts to shift production of their new phones, personal computers and other devices from China to Southeast Asia amid the worsening coronavirus outbreak, with factories in Vietnam and Thailand expected to be the beneficiaries, the Nikkei Asian Review has learned.

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[Viet]

Good move by google and microsoft

Thailand seems to be a tough competitor for Vietnam.

 

[艹艹艹]

Google to shift Pixel smartphone production from China to Vietnam
Aug 28, 2019 17:35 JST
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/goog...hone-production-from-china-to-vietnam.633278/

 

[Samlee]

Our Government Is Sleeping

 

[kankan326]

We won't miss them.

 

[Viet]

Google to shift Pixel smartphone production from China to Vietnam
Aug 28, 2019 17:35 JST
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/goog...hone-production-from-china-to-vietnam.633278/

Google initially planed to only moved low cost phones but now plans to move the entire factories with high priced products to Vietnam. That’s new.