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Old 11-27-2012, 04:04 PM   #675
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Originally Posted by opendoor View Post
Unless Apple has ridiculously higher non-production costs compared to their competitors, then pretty much every top end phone is up in that range. Most estimates have the materials and manufacturing costs for the iPhone to be in the $205-210 range which is right around estimates for the Galaxy S3 (about $200), the Note 2 (about $220), and HTC One X (about $190).
Well obviously they do if it costs them $370 to make 1 iphone 5. That plus all the duds they are turning out with scratches is insane. I'm sure although Google doesn't like overpricing hardware, i highly doubt they would be subsidizing every Nexus 4 they sell for $300.
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