____/ 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.
This 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.
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