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I don't think it's anywhere close to that considering that is just the cost for the bill of materials and it doesn't take into account the cost of assembly, shi
by technoslut 14y ago
I don't think it's anywhere close to that considering that is just the cost for the bill of materials and it doesn't take into account the cost of assembly, shipping, marketing and research & development.
- mikeryan 14y agoLast I heard the actual manufacturing cost was about $10 [1] marketing and R&D are pretty much fixed costs and don't really work well in accounting for per-unit margins. At the end of the day there's still no indication that Apple is sacrificing margin for market share. [1] http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/16/high_cost_of_new_ipad_components_drive_down_profit_margins.html http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/16/high_cost_of_n...
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