As a US-American who occasionally shops for appliances, I can confidently say that you cannot easily buy a microwave in the US with knobs for any price. The vas

As a US-American who occasionally shops for appliances, I can confidently say that you cannot easily buy a microwave in the US with knobs for any price. The vast majority of appliances these days still use resistive or pressure-sensitive panels. And I hate them. They sure LOOK like buttons but when you press them, there is no actuation feedback, knowing how hard to press is a guessing game, and often you have to press so hard that you fear breaking the panel. (Let's not even talk about how little thought goes into what the buttons actually do.) Plus, the plastic panel eventually cracks over the most-used buttons. Built-in obsolecence. If you want capacitive buttons, you generally have to climb a few tiers up the pricing ladder. But they don't advertise this as a feature, which means you have to see/use the microwave in person to know for sure that's what you're getting. ALL appliances in the US are terrible in some way or another. Either they are cheaply-made chinese garbage that are frustrating to use and break in 5 years, or they cost as much as a brand-new low-end car. Sometimes even both!