Rich Pieri <richard.pi...@gmail.com> wrote: > "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.
I'm not familiar with iSuppli. Can you explain why you believe that market-research firm's claims are more credible? It would certainly be useful to know the actual production cost (incremental cost of mass-production, not a hypothetical one-shot or prototype) of a smart phone, but dueling assertions doesn't get us any closer to knowing. Ted _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss