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Wile E. Coli

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30. That massively understates the total cost

Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:29 AM

Dec 2016

(Long-time lurker, first-time poster.)

Assembly and the components aren't a major factor in the price.

But a major factor that isn't in these calculations is that the US simply doesn't have the manufacturing capacity to deal with mass-market electronics like (for instance) China, Taiwan, South Korea, et al. iPhones and Androids: designed in the US, manufactured in Asia. Intel chips: designed in the US, manufactured in Asia. Apple chips: designed in the US, manufactured in Asia.

This isn't xenophobia, this is a simple fact. American companies can't move the fabrication of computers/smartphones/etc. to the US unless the manufacturing infrastructure already exists. And it simply doesn't.

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