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> Unless Google is selling it at a loss. Not sure about the loss, but I am sure they are not making much money from it.
by dirkgently 13y ago
> Unless Google is selling it at a loss.
Not sure about the loss, but I am sure they are not making much money from it.
- baddox 13y agoWhat makes you so sure about that? The estimations I have seen of Apple's insane profit margins on mobile devices suggest that it's entirely possible. Granted, Apple produce at a much larger scale than the Nexus 4, but I still think there is plenty of margin for Google to be making reasonable profits from the Nexus 4.
- rahoulb 13y agoGoogle certainly stated that there is zero margin on the Nexus 7 (http://www.knowyourmobile.com/google/17658/google-says-theres-no-margin-nexus-7 http://www.knowyourmobile.com/google/17658/google-says-there...). I'm sure I read the same about the 4 but can't find any sources, so maybe I just confused the two.
- kelnos 13y agoThe display & digitizer are probably the highest-cost items on the N7, so the smaller N4 would likely be significantly cheaper, assuming the rest of the costs are the same (which they likely aren't; hard to compare).
- kelnos 13y agoSo what if they aren't? Let's say the N4 really does cost close to $350 to produce. There are tons of ways to make a cheaper, but still usable phone: smaller screen, lower-res screen, less expensive glass, slower SoC, less RAM. Hell, the customer cost bump for 8GB->16GB flash is $50; the cost bump for Google/LG is a small fraction of that. Let's remember that the N4 is Google's flagship phone right now. I'd be astonished if they couldn't make a low- to mid-end phone for $100-$150 less.