By Akash Sriram

(Reuters) -Smartphone startup Unplugged said on Tuesday it will start assembling its privacy-focused “UP Phone” in Nevada this fall, marking a strategic pivot toward onshore production as the Trump administration pushes to expand domestic manufacturing.

The phones will be assembled in Nevada and the company aims to keep the device priced under $1,000, despite the high labor costs, CEO Joe Weil, a former Apple executive, told Reuters. The devices are currently made in Indonesia and priced at $989.

“The first step we are approaching is assembly and then phasing in component sourcing,” Weil said, adding Unplugged chose a refurbisher-turned-assembler after weighing options from traditional lean manufacturers to smartphone refurbishing firms.

He declined to disclose the numb

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