Into The Human Geography : The Apple Iphone

Four years ago, the first iPhone was released and it still remains as a popular aspect of our technological culture today. Though it is in its fourth iteration with more to come, the iPhone continues to be one of the best selling smartphones. In a fast paced world with new technology constantly being released, the iPhone is still remarkable although some might argue that it is outdated and overhyped. This device is more than just a phone to consumers, but another way to connect with the world. There’s just something about this device that has Americans camping outside Apple stores and enduring long lines to get their hands on one. Although the iPhone may seem like just another smartphone, it is a cultural phenomenon because of the way it

When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone at the Macworld convention in January of 2007, a tidal change in the way users communicate with one another was unleashed. The phone, which combined the already popular attributes of an iPod with the traditional cell phone, was an instant success, selling millions of units even at the initially haughty price of $599 each (Vogelstein, 2008). The theory behind the creation of the phone was deceptively simple: combine an MP3 player with a Blackberry, camera, and regular cell phone operating on a sleek touch-screen controlled software system. Consumers were finally freed from carrying separate devices to perform all they tasks they now wanted to away from home. In one simple hand-held device they could take pictures, listen to music, play games, communicate with friends and family, and even surf the Internet. This one device changed the way that people began sharing information, allowing them to instantly access information anywhere in the world while also transmitting it just as quickly. The iPhone is now universally recognized and has become a cultural artifact in our times.

Apple products are designed in California USA and manufactured in different foreign countries such as China, Taiwan, Korea, Mongolia, and Europe which produce part of the devices, most of the raw material ‘Earth Minerals’ to produce these items can be found in China. Since technology has a lot of benefits in human’s life, the demand has been increase year by year which make business to expand and hiring more people in the company. From 2005 to 2015 the number of full-time employee’s has been increase more than 80 thousands.

Some of them are well known names, like US-based Intel, which supplies the NOR flash chips which hold the iPhone's updatable system software; and Korea's Samsung, which makes the video processor IC. Two famous names from consumer electronics, Japan's Sharp and Sanyo Epson, are among the suppliers of the phone's bright 3.5-inch display.

Although the Silicon Valley is not limited to the production of cell phones, many of the components of cell phones are manufactured by workers in the Silicon Valley. Several corporations that manufacture cell phones or the components of cell phones have their plants located in the Silicon Valley. Some corporations include Intel, Altera, 3com, Applied Materials, Agilent Technologies, Juniper Networks, Linear Technologies, National Semiconductors, and Xilinx (“Silicon Valley Companies”).

I would define human geography as the study of how different factors such as culture, lifestyle, geography, and environment dictate where humans live and migrate. I believe that it is the story of different people’s movement and activity explained through geography, culture, and other similar stimuli. In How the States Got Their Shapes Stein explains how different conflicts, landscapes, customs, and beliefs influenced the creation of each state.

Apple Incorporated is a company, located in Cupertino, California, that produces computers, electronics, and software. Their products include the iPhone, iPad, IPod, and the Mac computer. In addition, they have the iTunes and App stores, and their new service, iCloud. This company, founded by Steve Jobs, Ronald Wayne, and Steve Wozniak, was intended to produce personal computers. The company grew tremendously and expanded from just computers. They are one of the largest information technology and mobile phone maker companies. In addition, they are an extremely valuable brand.

In this report, I prove that Apple’s iPhone has dominated all other smartphones in the years leading up to 2016. It is the epitome of what a globally recognized product can accomplish when considering how quickly it globalized and the image it provides for those who buy an iPhone. Owning one of these phones is not only a statement, it holds power and value that other smartphones simply cannot top. The company owns the stage when compared to other smartphones, and it’s journey to become the world’s second-largest mobile phone manufacturer is truly incredible. In fact, not only does it lead in technology and phone production, it’s become the largest publicly traded TNC in the world. Everything from its assets to its brand loyalty prove why it has expanded across the globe, and will continue to for many years to come. Apple Inc. has globally expanded by outsourcing nearly every level of its production and became one of the most successful and revolutionary TNC’s in the world, mainly due to the release of the infamous iPhone in 2007.

Globalization has also had a significant impact on Apple's supply chain. The company earns high profits because it is able to produce its products at a low price and then sell them at a high price (Chakrabotty, 2012). In addition, the company has noted that it assembles its products in China because all of the components are made there this in addition to the low cost of assembly labor. Apple facilitates this by working with logistics suppliers like FedEx who can quickly move finished goods around the world via a number of hubs. All of Apple's products, for example, arrived in the United States in Oakland, California and from there make their way to the customer.

Shanzhai (“Bandit”) Mobile Phone Companies: The Guerrilla Warfare of Product development and Supply Chain Management. By: John Rediehs, Malini Seelan, Rama Paidi 1 Table of Contents Introduction Page. 2 Case Analysis Page. 2 Suggestion/Implementations Page. 4 Conclusion Page. 5 References Page. 6 2 Introduction Shanzhai (“Bandit Cell Phone”) is shaping the entire thought process of development, marketing, and technology in the largest cell phone market in the world. A market that has long been dominated by the corporate players like Nokia, Samsung, and Sony now face a tenacious domestic threat defined by a grassroots culture spreading within China. Shanzhai companies as they are referred to in this case study have gained a steady market

“On the one hand by enforced destruction of a mass of production forces; on the other by the conquest of new markets, and by the exploitation of the old ones.” Almost every company deals with overproduction. How does Apple know how many iphones to make in a given year? Its rather simple; they do not. This inability to asses how many iphones to produce leads to overproduction. How does apple deal with predicament? They can either destroy iphones,which is highly unlikely because they would lose even more money. It would not be unrealistic to assume they would rather conquest new markets or saturate old ones. Apple was able to “ conquest new markets and explicit old ones with the Iphone 5C” The Iphone 5c was a essentially a iphone 5 with a different color back and a slightly improved camera over the the iPhone 5. The iPhone 5C lead to a utopian view that Apple was appealing to the proletariat because their devices were suddenly more affordable. You would still spend money ablet less, and retain the dream of having the new iphone This was could be viewed as a bourgeois revolution of smartphones, they were able to appeal to the masses. “Here is this iphone , but with COLORS now and less expensive.” At the same time they released and iphone 5S. The 5s is the premier example of a commodity fetish. It most remarkable feature was a fingerprint scanner, which was hailed as highly innovative.

Huawei is produced in China and is distributed and sold in Europe, India, Africa and the US and UK. Their products being produced in one country and distributed to other creates a geographical space gap between the manufacturer and the consumer.

With Apple being so far ahead of their competition, the only problem one can foresee in Apple’s future is how long they can sustain such innovation before they plateau. Apple does a phenomenal job at releasing their innovative products before their competition, but if their innovation cannot hold steady, this may lead to changes in demand for their products considerably. This can be seen with their release of the iPhone, the first successful touch screen cellular phone. Although people swarmed to the iPhone when it was first released because of its advanced technology, as the years have passed, other similar designs, including those with android and windows based operating systems, have drawn a considerable portion of the market. A clear representation of Apple’s attempt to regain some of this market can be seen when the iPhone was released to Verizon Wireless’ customers in

Steve Jobs once said, “Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. It's very fortunate if you can work on just one of these in your career.” On January 9th, 2007 Apple changed this society by introducing the iPhone, virtually putting the world in the palm of society’s hands. IPhones provide individuals with the latest technology, allowing one to do anything from chatting with friends to measuring ones heart rate. This innovation is excellent and makes society’s lives a lot easier by the simplicity and instant gratification. Although helpful to everyone, iPhones have become addictive. This current generation has become attached and less self-reliant, now relying on the technology of a phone. IPhones

This paper presents a case study of Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is a technology based corporation with emphasis on computer software and hardware (MAC and Apps), tablets (IPad), smart phones (IPhone), and mp3 plays, (ITouch). Apple Inc. has grown tremendously over the years and ever since 2001 has expanded its brand and retail stores to over 375 stores/outlets globally. The business has seventy two thousand eight hundred employees in thirty eight countries. Apple Inc. has truly become one of the most efficacious corporations within its field behind or competing with Microsoft and Google Inc.