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But AirPods have to be close to free for Apple to manufacture. Functionally equivalent clones retail for under $10 on AliExpress.
by 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
But AirPods have to be close to free for Apple to manufacture. Functionally equivalent clones retail for under $10 on AliExpress.
- xoxoy 6y agoOk - that doesn’t change my point? It just means they can offer a very generous promotion without incurring a big promotional expense that cuts into profit margins.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoRight, which makes your comment pointless. Apple’s raison d'etre is to make money.
- xoxoy 6y agowhat? I was trying to understand why Mac and iPad sales surged YoY compared to other products and I’m just saying I think it was in part due to this promotion, which started earlier than in past years and included Airpods for the first time. I don’t understand why it’s a pointless exercise to theorize why sales went up when no one expected it otherwise
- stu2b50 6y agoThis is wrong in two ways. First, the 10 dollar clones are ass, if you've ever tried one. Second, what the material cost is doesn't matter, at least on its own--a gifted airpod is one that's not sold. The opportunity cost is real, even if the material cost is low.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y agoI agree, but that doesn't make my actual point -- that manufacturing AirPods is cheap -- wrong. FWIW, I did buy a $10 clone. The hardware was actually astonishingly polished for the price point, but the software to control it was indeed "ass".
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