On Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:34:55 -0800 "Rich Braun" <ri...@pioneer.ci.net> wrote:
> Sometime last year a major news organization (I think it was ABC) > announced that the build cost of an iPhone is US$8, which if true BS. The box and box contents (charger, headphones) are eight bucks. Total BOM and manufacture costs for iPhone 5 ranges from $207 to $238 according to iSuppli's analysis. iPhone 4s BOM+manufacture costs run from $196 to $253. This is just the hardware components. It does not include software, licensing, royalties, advertising, shipping, and so forth. Welcome to the modern "news reporting" where journalistic integrity and basic fact-checking take a back seat to hype and ratings. -- Rich P. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss