"But Apple is supposed to be a giant innovator.

Apple! Boy, what a story. No taxes paid, everything made abroad—yet everyone worships them. This new iPhone, there’s nothing new in it. Just a golden color. What the hell, right? When people start playing with color, you know they’re played out."

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/11/vaclav-smil-wired/

This is a good article on American manufacturing.