Really? I was not under the impression that we had anything truly competitive. Could we make an iPhone, for example, using only U.S.-made chips?
I can almost imagine we would have more trouble getting domestic phone screens, but I'm not doing any research to validate that gut feeling.
I think the biggest problem would be whether we could automate assembly enough to avoid having high labor costs on each unit
Not just that, the raft of features that may have to be disabled until that performance and performance per watt gets back to where it is today.
Apple’s putative refusal to cooperate is surely not the only barrier here. I doubt U.S. consumers would pay a premium for a U.S. iPhone whether Apple thought it wise or not. But when the U.S. president’s branded Made in America phone comes out later this year I guess we’ll see. I’m sure the release is just around the corner.
How about the new Trump phone?