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a) this is all extremely speculative and not really based in reality b) this assumes that R&D, software/hardware development and pretty much everything else th
by yan 17y ago
a) this is all extremely speculative and not really based in reality
b) this assumes that R&D, software/hardware development and pretty much everything else that goes into making a product is free.
- verisimilitude 17y agoYou make very good points, which were further elaborated (by Gruber re:iSuppli and the iPhone) here: http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/isuppli http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/isuppli These estimations on profit margins are really useless, and tend to take the discourse off track.
- mattmaroon 17y agoNot to mention retailer and distributor markups. Most iPods are not sold direct by Apple.
- pan69 17y agoYeah, I guess the truck driver who delivers these products to the retailer works for free as well...