With the iPhone 5C and 5S recently launched, Apple has yet again proven to be on top form when it comes to marketing, but how does the firm run its manufacturing chain?

In this infographic from Financesonline.com, the iPhone supply and manufacturing chains are traced.

Did you know, for example, that 90% of all the rare-earth minerals used on an iPhone 5’s circuitry, screen, speakers, and glass cover are mined in China and Inner Mongolia? And did you know that Foxconn might soon be overtaken by Pegatron as Apple’s biggest manufacturing partner in China? Well it’s all here.

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