Google’s All-American Moto X Phone Contains Few U.S.-Made Parts

Google’s Motorola Mobility is marketing its new flagship Moto X smartphone as being made-in-the-USA, but that label mainly applies to what’s on the surface.

A look inside the Moto X, which went on sale in North America last month, shows that nearly all of its parts were built in Asia or Europe. Market researcher IHS published a list of the phone’s components last week based on a teardown of the hardware.

“If people are somehow thinking that ‘made in America’ is American top to bottom, they don’t understand the electronics supply chain,” IHS analyst Andrew Rassweiler said in an interview. “You’ve got three flags planted, possibly, in even one piece of silicon.” Read more…

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