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Nexus Q Stretches "Made in USA" Label

Posted by timothy on from the is-a-honda-from-tennessee-made-in-the-usa? dept.

sl4shd0rk writes "Among the much ballyhooed tech at Google I/O last week was the Google Nexus Q. Google made an effort to proudly point out the device was "Made in the USA" and even had it stamped on the back of it. A tear-down at ifixit.com however, reveals the guts of the thing are mostly manufactured overseas at the expected locations (China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, et al). Wired also posted a tear-down in which they reveal a die-casting shop in Wisconsin is the source of the zinc housing, but certainly not the entire device as some news sources reported. It's great that Google decided to utilize the struggling U.S. manufacturing sector for this, but claiming the device is USA made, and being blatantly vague about its origins is quite misleading." How struggling the U.S. manufacturing sector is depends on who you ask and how you measure, remember.

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  1. No, it isn't misleading by geekoid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The housing and assembly is done in the US.

    The article is from someone who will go to pedantic lengths to justify their hate.

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    1. Re:No, it isn't misleading by David89 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Some US production is way better than none

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    2. Re:No, it isn't misleading by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 5, Insightful

      There is an implied meaning in the "Made in the USA" label that they're trying to take advantage of.

      Nobody who knows anything about electronics thinks that the entire Q is made from raw minerals in the USA.

      Heck, the Q is more 'Made in the USA' than many automobiles advertised as such.

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    3. Re:No, it isn't misleading by Dahamma · · Score: 5, Insightful

      If you go through the whole teardown, only 2 parts (the Ethernet connector and an oscillator) were definitively shown to be made in China - that's probably less than 20 cents in parts for the whole device. Sure, there are a few chips and parts made in S. Korea or Thailand, and a few more from companies with fabs all over the world. The PCBs, PSU, case, base, chip stuffing, and assembly were apparently all done in the US. That's probably better than 90% of the other products labeled "Made in the USA" these days, so give it a rest...

      Now, can we stop confusing the debate and making shit up that wasn't even in any of the articles cited by this really misleading summary?