On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:48:04 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ Rick on Tuesday 03 July 2007 17:06 : \____
>
>> On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:32:23 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Taking the iPhone Apart
>>>
>>> ,----[ Summary
>>> | An analysis from teardown firm Portelligent estimates that the new |
>>> smartphone costs Apple a mere $220 to make `----
>>>
>>>
>> ... how much did it cost to develop and market? (snip)
>
> Yes, I didn't forget about that. However, the margins seems obscenely
> high.
The manufactured cost to sale price seems high, but we don't know how
much development cost needs to be recouped.
T> his was mentioned months ago, but it was speculative. If you look
> at consoles, the only one not selling at a loss is Wii, which is /also/
> by far the cheapest.
>
> The purpose of the statement above was mainly to address an earlier
> discussion about the false perception that free software or low-cost
> hardware must be bad and its price proportionally related to quality.
I don't think pointing out the cost of Apple's iPhone compared to its
purchase price will do anything to convince people that there is a lot of
low cost and high quality OSS out there.
--
Rick
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