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The final step is shipment. The smartphones are shipped to places such as distributors and retailers across the world. As you can see, many people are involved in the process of making a phone.

The smartphone company must decide what accessories to include and packaging to use for the smartphone. The final step is shipment.

The mass production usually takes place either at the smartphone's own plant or from other manufacturers known as original equipment manufacturers (OEM).After mass production, the packaging of the smartphone follows.

Before production, a testing team tests the smartphone in many aspects such as quality and performance. Some tests may include bend tests and water tests. If the final prototype passes all tests and works fine, it will be ready for mass production.

If the higher officials approve the design, the software team takes over the design. The software team must make many important decisions such as installing the operating system to the smartphone, compatibility of the hardware to the operating system and if the phone is operating properly. If the design, hardware and software is working properly the design of the smartphone will be sent to the testing phase.

The electronic engineering team must make decisions such as size of display screen, type of battery, and type of components used in the smartphone. After the electronic engineering team is satisfied with the work they ask the higher officials for approval.

A research team designs the prototype of the smartphone in which the aesthetics must be considered in the design. After the research team has a consensus design the electronic engineering team takes over.

A lot of people are involved with the manufacturing such as design team, electronics engineering team, and software team.

Capital Resources

Packaging and Casings are used to display the phone.

Airplanes or trucks are used to ship the smart phones to retail shops or distributors.

Machines are used to mass produce smart phones.

Money is required to purchase the resources for the smart phone and to pay for employees.

Land is required in order to built factories.

Factories are required to mass manufacture smart phones.

Natural Resources

Other Resources that can commonly be found in phones are:

Silica

Lead

Tin

Silver

Magnesium

Nickel

Aluminum

Graphite

Plastic is also used as it makes the phone more resistant to damage. The back of newer models of an Iphone, usualy have glass on the back which is usually prone to break if the phone falls.

Aluminum oxide and silicon dioxide with an ultra-thin layer of indium tin oxide is used for the screen.

Platinum and tungsten are also used for the circuitry of a phone.

Gold and Copper are used for the wiring of the phone.

Lithium Cobalt oxide and carbon graphite are materials used for batteries in phones.

It starts with the mining of resources. Materials are extracted from all over the world.