Obama to Steve Jobs: “What would it take to make the iPhone and Mac, right here, in America..?”
Jobs: “It would require that you were not the President.”
AND NOW, BEHOLD..!
It is not possible to make iPhones in the US. The American workforce would not put up with the onerous conditions required to make assemble them effectively.
However, the Chinese assembly work only adds about $5 of value of each iPhone. Most of the value is in the making of the components, some of which are made in the US.