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Originally Posted by gTen
Usually when checking cost of those parts the default pricing is based on buying 1000 or so..while Apple may get some discounts you can't say they get 3x the discount..The component manufacturer still need to make a profit...and there is also labor costs...
Apple wont go and build its own factories because it is not worth it.. factories cost hundred of millions to billions to construct...Apple only makes a few products in general, they are not a hardware manufacturer..it owuld nto be economic...
Example Samsung builds TVs and a supplier of LCDs, OLEDs and etc...so their factories are put to use for multiple things..to Apple it is not worth it as they only produce a few products...
With labor cost and etc 150-170$ is most likely what Apple pays...its not that bad considering they get commission from appstore + the device going for 200$ + them earning a % of the contract from AT&T and other carriers world wide..
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What labor cost? Why do you think they are putting the plants in these third world countries for? Labor their is maybe a few dollars a day for 12 hour, 7 days straight work, its nothing but legalized slavery. Trust me, I've seen how much it actually cost to produce things at various companies and its nothing as high as you might think. How do you think Jobs, Woz and Bill Gates got to be multi-billionaires? All the top execs at these tech companies are mega-rich. They basically took things that cost very little and sold it at extremely high markup that would make a Colombian drug boss proud. Even for the software, they fired all the American workers and outsourced it to Indians for pennies on the dollar.
For different example, say the shirts you buy from Express at the mall that retail for $50 dollars probably cost the company no more than $1 to produce. Some of the profit goes to paying the sales rep, rent etc and the rest to some rich execs.
I am not saying their is anything wrong with making a profit, but some of these extreme markups have gotten out of hand. Especially that bumper, charging 30 bucks for something that cost 5 cents to make should be a crime.