Silly.
I want Elecraft to make one WITHOUT the flaws, I am sure you knew that.
I want Elecraft to ADD a nice color band scope, great fidelity to the receive audio, sync AM, in a $500.00 hand held with their great antenna tuner built in and a good size battery.
If they can build it in China, Elecraft could do it.
With the parts reduction of SDR radios, they should be able to do it.
mcHF and Malachit sdr are two cheap simple systems that show what can be done for under $500.00.
The future is SDR and its best if it has a nice screen, great fidelity (not just for ham use) easy controls, built in modern battery, built in tuner, and 20 watts output.
Say a G90 with a bigger screen and some of the bugs works out, or a few more knobs.
Or a KX3 with a nice band scope built in. Or a table top radio like the 7300.
The 7300 is about $1000.00, elecraft needs a radio of that class, even if its only 20 watts.
They will have the K4 at some point, for $4000.00+?
Everyone else is coming out with $1500.00 radios that are very good in many respects and they ALL have scopes.