Also worth noting, while Apple prices theirs higher because they make money on the actual handset, Google makes money on every smartphone that gets into the han

Also worth noting, while Apple prices theirs higher because they make money on the actual handset, Google makes money on every smartphone that gets into the hands of a user from the ad revenue. Get enough smartphones into the hands of users and Google will see their revenues increase from the increased viewing of ads. So they needn't sell the phone at such a high margin to make a profit.