I'm not going off of because the chip flashes Evolv but because of how well some work compared to others. And I'm not talking about 1st batch vs 3rd batch but each batch tends to not be consistent. As someone already stated you can flash the chip to say whatever like hana modz has done and with the crappy job hana modz has done with some mods sent out I don't doubt anything. Plus just because Evolv LLC is in America doesn't mean their built by the hundreds in America but instead "possible" I say built in China. These are theories and with the way American manufacturing has gone and how cheap it is to produce and have product shipped to America I wouldn't doubt this more than likely the case.
If the real chip is $50 and the aluminum billet case (which is not hard to build) cost $20 at most places and the rest of the device which is super cheap in materials than by no way no how at all should a authentic Hana Modz device cost $200+ Plus knowing how some Hana Modz have been received looking not up to participate for $200+ Where is the $200 in a Hana Modz? All I gotta do is buy a $50 authentic dna 30 chip, clean up my insides and I'll be good to go. So yep...
Btw plenty of proud American companies build their parts, computers, cars and more in China. Example: A $2000+ MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, iPhone, iPad and more are built in China but designed in the US. 2nd Example: Kayfun designed in mother Russia built in Germany and Russian 91% designed in Russia built in China. And I hardly doubt Evolv chips are made in US but instead designed here and built in China - it's cheaper to build in China like everything else in America nowadays. And with this eliminates what you said about shipping cost of chips to China but again this is just theory - that's all.
You can compare it to whatever industry suits your needs, but im telling you that's not how it works in this particular situation.
No matter how many times you repeat the same argument, its not true.
There were NO hana clones shipped real DNA chips, ZERO, it didn't happen.
The evolv DNA chips are built in the US, that's what evolv does, builds chips. Nearly positive even the new chip they designed for Chinese manufacturer Innokin, will also be produced domestically, then shipped over.
And the simple answer regarding the Hana is they're not worth $250, but if the market will bear it (obv it will) then why not charge it? Also 95% of the issues with the real Hanas were due to quality control on parts/assembly and had nothing to do with the chips.