Motorola’s new Moto X phone doesn’t cost more to make simply because it’s assembled in Texas, research firm IHS said Wednesday. The Moto X is the first smartphone to carry the ‘Made in the USA’ designation. Labour costs are higher in the US compared with Asian factories, where phones are typically made. But IHS said […]

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 9–> Motorola’s new Moto X phone doesn’t cost more to make simply because it’s assembled in Texas, research firm IHS said Wednesday. The Moto X is the first smartphone to carry the “Made in the U.S.A.” designation. Labor costs are higher in the U.S. compared with Asian factories. But IHS said the […]

Ever since news that Google’s recently launched Moto X would be assembled in the USA leaked out, the world has been watching closely at how the search giant’s smartphone arm would do it. What would be its killer features? Final price of the phone? Profit margins and additional cost compared to “made in Asia”? While […]