What we learned making a plastic injection mold with a Chinese mold maker
They made a custom mold?  At their volumes?  Are they insane?<p>They could have powder 3D printed this stuff for a <i>very</i> long time given the NRE on that complex of a mold.<p>If they needed to control costs, they could have negotiated with a case supplier:
<a href="https://www.takachi-enclosure.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.takachi-enclosure.com/</a><p>Only <i>after</i> they were shipping enough product to make it worthwhile (100K+ units), should they even <i>think</i> about making a mold.