$4? I assume that is the cost of assembling the device in the USA. The benefit of Chinese manufacturing (from what I've read) is that the various factories that make all your parts are right next to each other, so if there's an issue with an order, you can order more parts and literally walk them down the street.<p>To become really competitive, the USA will need to bring quite a bit of manufacturing back to be able to have that kind of synergy.<p>However, I would say that I would trust the quality of components here more than from China in terms of better processes and QA.<p>Someone correct me if I've gotten something wrong here. I don't have any directly experience with any of this.