Well ... because Apple is like the hot girl always complaining to be fat in front of her fat friends. With the massive sales and the high margins that are in e

Well ... because Apple is like the hot girl always complaining to be fat in front of her fat friends. With the massive sales and the high margins that are in every analyst's wet dream Apple could double what it pays for assembly with ease and without huge hit on the bottom line. But they don't care enough. This will be low margin/low volume devices initially with which mozilla - a non profit organization that wants to open the door to the internet on the poor people of the third world while preaching platform openness and standards. So maybe people are ready to cut them some slack for some time. Also maybe they are produced in (slightly) better conditions than iphone just based on the fact that the volumes and pressure are quite lower than on the iDevices assembly line.