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GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China

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Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China

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> GoPro has been trying to drive demand for its trademark action-cameras - once a must-have for surfers, skydivers and other action junkies — as competition ramps up.

What are some better alternatives to GoPro available in Europe now? I mean original brands, not cheaper clones.

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Does GoPro actually do their own development? I remember reading an article when they were starting up, snd the founder basically went to some expo in a China and purchased OEM devices and slapped his brand on there. Edit: This isn’t the article but it sheds some more light. > Once he had the strap sorted out, Woodman would need a camera to go with it. He eventually found a 35-millimeter model made in China. Woodman…

There are an infinite number of shades of grey between “slap brand on an OEM product” and “the full Apple”. Companies often shift their approach (in both directions!) over time, and it will vary for different product lines.

Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China

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> GoPro has been trying to drive demand for its trademark action-cameras - once a must-have for surfers, skydivers and other action junkies — as competition ramps up. What are some better alternatives to GoPro available in Europe now? I mean original brands, not cheaper clones.

https://www.google.com/search?q=What+are+some+better+alterna...

Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China

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One interesting thing to note. You might've seen countless GoPro "clones," and might've been wondering why GoPro never seemed to assert their rights.

What is said in Shenzhen is that original digital GoPros themselves were an off the shelf OEM product, and GoPro never bothered to buy the design rights from their OEM.

Does anybody remember Daisy Photoclip from around year 2002? Their OEM had their hand in that. And yes, Daisy Photoclip was as Bulgarian as Iphone was American

Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China

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Does GoPro actually do their own development? I remember reading an article when they were starting up, snd the founder basically went to some expo in a China and purchased OEM devices and slapped his brand on there. Edit: This isn’t the article but it sheds some more light. > Once he had the strap sorted out, Woodman would need a camera to go with it. He eventually found a 35-millimeter model made in China. Woodman…

More to that story, the original analog GoPros and later digital ones are very different designs. Their first digital version definitely was an OEM product.

Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China

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Think it's a smart decision, the Chinese market is full of DJI or Xiaomi anyway, so they will not be losing any market share there.

What? The GoPros sold in the US will just be produced in a third country, the article doesn’t say where though. You can still get a Chinese made GoPro in China The interesting bit is where GoPro will get the cameras for the US market produced.

> The interesting bit is where GoPro will get the cameras for the US market produced.

If silicon fab, die packaging, and rigid-flex sub-assembly of the critical camera piece were all done in China, then subsequently forwarded to another country which doesn't have a looming destination tariff threat for final assembly, would this risk still be interesting?

Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China

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Does all this stuff lately where companies are pulling out of china or the US or the US is arresting heads of companies etc feel like thucydides trap is just getting closer and closer?

TIL that "Thucydides Trap" is NOT a form of hip hop featuring people cursing in Ancient Greek.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What? The GoPros sold in the US will just be produced in a third country, the article doesn’t say where though. You can still get a Chinese made GoPro in China The interesting bit is where GoPro will get the cameras for the US market produced.

> The interesting bit is where GoPro will get the cameras for the US market produced. If silicon fab, die packaging, and rigid-flex sub-assembly of the critical camera piece were all done in China, then subsequently forwarded to another country which doesn't have a looming destination tariff threat for final assembly, would this risk still be interesting?

The PCB + sensor, while effectively are the 90% of device value, can still be justifiably declared to American customs at 110% of their cost in China, and many companies vying for coveted "made in USA" stamp do exactly that.

What comes after is easy to imagine, they are being put into a very expensive casing, and stamped with their new place of "origin."

You can research yourself how "made in USA" Google Pixels were made

Re: GoPro to move U.S.-bound camera production out of China

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Does GoPro actually do their own development? I remember reading an article when they were starting up, snd the founder basically went to some expo in a China and purchased OEM devices and slapped his brand on there. Edit: This isn’t the article but it sheds some more light. > Once he had the strap sorted out, Woodman would need a camera to go with it. He eventually found a 35-millimeter model made in China. Woodman…

There are an infinite number of shades of grey between “slap brand on an OEM product” and “the full Apple”. Companies often shift their approach (in both directions!) over time, and it will vary for different product lines.

And "the full Apple" is still someone else makes the product (Apple purchases iPhones from Foxconn):

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/technology/iphone-china-a...

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