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> A $1250 iPhone had a $450 cost to make... Where do you even get numbers like this? Are you looking at the bill of materials cost and assuming that to be the
by AnonHP 6y ago
> A $1250 iPhone had a $450 cost to make...
Where do you even get numbers like this? Are you looking at the bill of materials cost and assuming that to be the cost of the device, ignoring the R&D, testing, iterations of development and tweaking, and many other factors (including marketing) that go into the price of a product (apart from profit margin)? If yes, that’s too naive an assumption and bordering on hyperbole.
This is like arguing that the ingredients for <your favorite dish> cost some low value whereas restaurants are selling it at several tens of times that cost. M
- lostgame 6y agoI agree. I very much like the metaphor you're drawing here. Expecting a phone to cost as much as its materials is like expecting to go to a restaurant and being outraged when a steak and fries costs $25 when you can buy potatoes and a steak from your local supermarket for $8. It's absolutely ignoring the overhead, R&D, etc; but I often also find iOS itself ignored in the built-in costs. I often find comparisons to costs of materials vs. MRSP bizarre at best, in any case.