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The article suggests because Nexus 4 doesn't have LTE, it costs so little. Is that true? Why does the unlocked Samsung SIII run $800?
by GR8K 14y ago
The article suggests because Nexus 4 doesn't have LTE, it costs so little. Is that true?
Why does the unlocked Samsung SIII run $800?
- angusgr 14y agoI thought the suggestion was more that by producing just one variant for all markets/regions/carriers, Google/LG can leverage economies of scale to bring the overall price down. I haven't looked at the S3, but past Samsung models have had a bunch of variants marketed under the one model name. (How much this really factors into the pricing, I doubt if we or Wired can really know.)
- redthrowaway 14y agoIn addition, no LTE allows them to run a smaller battery, which also holds costs down.
- redthrowaway 14y agoIn addition, no LTE allows them to run a smaller battery, which also holds costs down.
- jug6ernaut 14y agoSimple, Samsung has to sell there product in an attempt to make a profit on them, Google on the other hand is selling theirs at or near cost as a "Content delivery system". They don't need to make money up front for the device.
- general_failure 14y agoThat doesn't explain the 500 USD markup per _device_
- jug6ernaut 14y agoWell lets assume they want a markup of 40% for profit, that would bring the cost to 420. The price I am seeing is $550 on amazon. This brings the cost difference at $110, and IMO this could easily be chocked up to R&D and other misc costs.