[itsahoot]

I think if they put the factory in Detroit and lightened up on the slave labor conditions it would be a great thing and would work out very well, for everyone.

Sure would iPhones would sell for $4,000.00 and Samsung would be $500.00. Yeah!!!!

[central_va]

Apple lists an unlocked 16GB iPhone 5S on its site at $649 and an iPhone 5C at $549 Manufacturing, including freight, to equal $18-20 per unit.

Even if you double the per unit labor cost it would still be a tiny part of the total cost per phone.

Lets say you pay a slave nothing to assemble a phone and they can assemble 20 per hour. That adds zero to the retail price of 549.00.

Let's say you pay an American 20 bucks per hour to assemble 20 phones, that is 1 dollar per phone. So the US made phone would cost 550.00. Would yo even notice?