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@O'Shane
To replace a cartridge bearing is a few pound from a bearing stockist and it replaces all the bearing surfaces. Replacing a cone bearing setup is cheaper until you have to replace the cone and the bearing race. You also have to hope that the company is still making the bearing races with older hubs. Have you actually asked Mr.Shimano why they use cone bearings or it that just a general assumption on the fact that they do carry on using them. Mavic use cartidge bearings, as do Hope, Profile and several other very well known companies.
You keep saying that your choice of materials is better than any other cheap bike around, yet you are shy of naming and spelling out exactly why they are better. How do you know that your aluminium frame is better than a Create? Have you tested a Create? Have you asked them how much their generic chinese frame set them back over your generic chinese aluminium frame?