Im not an expert, but pretty sure you cant extrapolate costs of two completely different products and expect them to match. A cable probably requires more manual labor which is way more expensive in Europe. Add the costs for the certificate, which isnt cheap and also not irrelevant. Pretty sure some cheap China cable doesnt survive 10k bends, so over time these might even be cheaper.
If it was easy, wouldnt someone provide an alternative for high quality ethical USB cables? The ones Ive found are also around 30-35€.
It does not seem to make sense to me, but I could be wrong.
Fair materials costs shouldn’t be the cause because the materials are similar in smartphones and cables. (Copper and Plastic, a cable is arguably a good chunk more Copper but ist shouldn’t be too far off.)
I get where you are coming from, but 6 times the price of a normal cable can not be explained by fair working conditions.
That would mean that their Phones also have to cost around 3000€
Im not an expert, but pretty sure you cant extrapolate costs of two completely different products and expect them to match. A cable probably requires more manual labor which is way more expensive in Europe. Add the costs for the certificate, which isnt cheap and also not irrelevant. Pretty sure some cheap China cable doesnt survive 10k bends, so over time these might even be cheaper.
If it was easy, wouldnt someone provide an alternative for high quality ethical USB cables? The ones Ive found are also around 30-35€.
Ok, so if your theory is correct then this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bkXTbCL53U&t=4
Would be, relatively speaking, much more manual work than this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPNH5QzEB8&t=125
It does not seem to make sense to me, but I could be wrong.
Fair materials costs shouldn’t be the cause because the materials are similar in smartphones and cables. (Copper and Plastic, a cable is arguably a good chunk more Copper but ist shouldn’t be too far off.)