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Overpriced relative to what? Phones that are produced at scale by the millions and so can have much lower prices due to economy of scale? That's going to be the
by ranger_danger 4mo ago
Overpriced relative to what? Phones that are produced at scale by the millions and so can have much lower prices due to economy of scale? That's going to be the case with anything produced in low volumes, but that doesn't mean they are overcharging for it.
Most tech products are sold at somewhere around 3-4x what it costs the company to make them.
- dotcoma 4mo agoI have no idea how much it costs to produce this phone, but if you asked me how much it should cost, I'd say about 200 USD.
- pocksuppet 4mo agoThat's the hardware. How much do you have to add on to cover the designer and software people's salaries and the CEO's profit, if you're only going to be able to sell 5 phones?
- dotcoma 4mo agoIf all you sell is 5 phones, or even 500, the price doesn’t matter. A lemon is a lemon.
- zikduruqe 4mo agoBack when I designed phones, there was a minimum order of 50K units before an OEM would talk to you, and even then, they usually had a like-unit already in the production pipeline so they wouldn't have to retool everything.
- itomato 4mo agoThe BOM speaks for itself