Local manufacturing works great for some industries, such as band T-shirts. I know from chatting to Anberlin after their show in Sydney that they get T-shirts p

Local manufacturing works great for some industries, such as band T-shirts. I know from chatting to Anberlin after their show in Sydney that they get T-shirts printed in each country they tour in. It simply wouldn't work for electronics. A company could lose its brand recognition just because of bad PR from an incompetent assembly plant in one region. Customers wouldn't be able to tell the difference between regional variants, and outrage on the Internet would spread worldwide. It's just a whole lot safer to keep it centralised with proper quality controls.