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Before the iPhone came we actually had replaceable batteries on most phones and it worked really well. Battery contacts degrading is definitely not a problem fo

by merb 2y ago

Before the iPhone came we actually had replaceable batteries on most phones and it worked really well. Battery contacts degrading is definitely not a problem for a phone that has a lifetime of maximum of like 7 years. Yes waterproofing becomes harder but it is not impossible. Manufacturing costs are also not an issue since most phones have margins beyond 300%.

tgma 2y ago
Most phones sold have very low and sometimes negative margins, actually. The high-end phones arena which Apple dominates is actually a minority of total phones sold.
fragmede 2y ago
How do you get a margin over 100%?
- Qwertious 2y ago
  If you spend $100 making a phone and sell it for $200, you have a margin of 100%. If you sell it for $800, you have a margin of 700%.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    that's markup, not margin. At $200, the margin is 50% → (200 - 100) / 200 = 0.5.
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