Yup, it's all about costs. It's just gotta be cheap.
As about Archos players, aren't they designed by the Germans? I had one a few years ago, and it was the best player i've ever had. Too bad it came with a faulty chip and ran down the battery in about an hour and a half till it finally died.
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I miss my Meizu M6SL... Currently rocking a Sony Ericsson w595 on Samsung in-ear phones. Does fine, but it's not a chipod...