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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]WarGamer
(14,359 posts)What is a phone?
Well, there's a screen and a battery and thousands of chips and sensors and a frame and camera, lots of stuff.
If you were to ask, "Can we produce memory chips here?" then the answer is YES, we could and we do... it takes years and billions of dollars to set up the chip fab that actually produces the memory chips.
But the problem is, a phone isn't just memory chips, it's 1000's of different components produced by mfg that specialize in ONE thing.
Gorilla glass made by a company that does gorilla glass. The camera sensor is produced by a company that makes sensors.
To build a smartphone here from US made parts would require the formation of hundreds of different companies that all specialize in making something unique.
Note: if you are talking about BUILDING phones in the US, with foreign made components... YES ABSOLUTELY it could be done BUT the phones would be outrageously expensive.