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Is there any way to produce a tablet of comparable spec to iPad for less money? My understanding was that Apple owns enough of the require infrastructure and pr
by forrestthewoods 15y ago
Is there any way to produce a tablet of comparable spec to iPad for less money? My understanding was that Apple owns enough of the require infrastructure and produces at large enough scale that they Apple are effectively impossible to undercut. Unless the Android tablet is sold for a loss of course.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoExcept... You may not be able to undercut apple on cost, but Apple products carry ridiculously high profit margins. You don't have to sell at a loss to beat Apple's retail prices, you just need to sell at a lower profit margin.
- yumraj 15y agoYou don't have to "make" it for less than Apple to be competitive, as long as you're willing to live with a smaller margin. So, if iPad costs Apple $350 to make to sell for $499 at a margin of $149, someone else can make it for $400 and sell it for $499 at a lower margin. Of course you have to take retailer's margin and other things into account but my argument stands.
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