[EForEndeavour]

What's the basis for your impression that this "seems" a significant premium over the actual cost differential? I have zero idea of what it costs a company to manufacture a phone in China versus the USA, so I'm genuinely curious.

[sokoloff]

I've priced out PCBA (of a handful of boards substantially less complex than the Librem, of course) in the US and overseas. In volumes of 1K, the US suppliers were closer to 2.5-3.5x overseas rather than 5x.

In writing this, I just realized that I can't do math. I was thinking it was a 5x multiplier rather than a 2.5x multiplier, which seems pretty reasonable.